Match Summary: India vs USA (T20 Match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
The India vs USA match was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The USA won the toss and chose to bowl first. For India, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma opened the innings, while Netravalkar bowled the first over. Ishan missed the first four balls but hit a six on the fifth, scoring 7 runs in the first over. Ali Khan bowled the second over and got Abhishek Sharma caught out on his second delivery. Then Tilak Varma came to bat.
In the third over, Netravalkar returned and was hit for a six by Tilak Varma on the first ball and a four on the next. By the end of the 5th over, India had scored 45 runs. Then, in van Schalkwyk’s over, Ishan Kishan got caught out, and in the same over, Tilak Varma was also caught out. Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube came next, but Dube was out on his first ball. Then Rinku Singh came in but was out for 6 runs. By 11.4 overs, India had already lost 5 wickets. Hardik Pandya came next but got out after scoring 5 runs. After him, Axar Patel came and scored 14 runs before getting out.
Arshdeep Singh came in, and Suryakumar Yadav reached his fifty. Arshdeep was then dismissed for 4 runs. Varun Chakravarthy came next, and the first innings ended with India setting a target of 162 runs for the USA. In the USA innings, Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling. The openers were Gous and Mukkamalla. In the second over, Gous was caught out off Siraj’s bowling. Monank came in but was caught out on Arshdeep’s first ball. Milind came next, and soon Mukkamalla was also dismissed. Sanjay joined Milind, and they built a good partnership, but Milind was later stumped. Then Shubham came and batted well with Sanjay. However, Sanjay lost his wicket, and Harmeet Singh came next but was out on the first ball. Mohsin followed and scored 8 runs before getting out.
India’s bowling was excellent, with continuous wickets falling. Shubham was out on the last ball of the match after scoring 37 runs, and India won the match by 30 runs. Overall, it was a strong performance by the Indian bowlers, with Suryakumar Yadav standing out for his fifty.
