India National Cricket Team vs United States National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Defending ICC T20 World Cup champions India defeated the USA by 29 runs in Group A at Wankhede Stadium. Chasing a target of 162, the USA were restricted to 132/8 in 20 overs as India claimed victory in their opening match of the tournament.
India’s innings began poorly, losing Abhishek Sharma for a golden duck in the second over to Ali Khan. Early wickets continued as Ishan Kishan (20), Tilak Varma (25) and Shivam Dube (0) fell in a dramatic sixth over to USA’s Shadley van Schalkwyk, who finished with 4/25. At one stage, India was 46/4 before Yadav, and Axar Patel steadied the innings.
Suryakumar Yadav was the star with an unbeaten 84, hitting 10 fours and 4 sixes. His innings, which included his sixth T20 World Cup fifty, guided India to 161/9. Yadav now has 564 T20 World Cup runs from 18 matches, surpassing former Indian stars MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir in career tournament runs.
In the chase, USA lost early wickets, including Andries Gous (6) and fell to 13/3. A 58-run partnership between Milind Kumar (34) and Sanjay Krishnamurthi (37) gave them hope, but India’s bowlers fought back. Mohammed Siraj took 3/19, while Arshdeep Singh (2/18) and Axar Patel (2/24) applied pressure. Varun Chakravarthy also chipped in with 1/24. Shubham Ranjane scored a valiant 37 off 22 balls, but the USA could not reach the target.
The win earned India two points and set a strong tone for their T20 World Cup title defence.
