 "USA vs Canada T20 World Cup 2024")
United States of America (USA) registered a famous win against Canada in the first match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on Sunday morning at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Texas.
Chasing a daunting 195-run target, the USA were off to the worst possible start, losing Steven Taylor in the first over itself.
Monank Patel and Andries Gous, then, put up a 42-run stand to bring the USA back into the game. However, the USA captain Monank went back to the pavilion in the seventh over.
But Gous and Aaron Jones had different plans as the duo put up a counter-attacking 124-run stand for the third wicket before Nikhil Dutta got the wicket of Gous with USA needing 22 runs to win in 25 balls.
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| Canada Inning | ||||||
| 194-5 (20 ov) CRR:9.70 | ||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Aaron Johnson | c Nitish Kumar b H Singh | 23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 143.75 |
| Navneet Dhaliwal | c Jasdeep Singh b C Anderson | 61 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 138.64 |
| Pargat Singh | runout (M Patel / Jasdeep Singh) | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Nicholas Kirton | c C Anderson b Ali Khan | 51 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 164.52 |
| Shreyas Movva (WK) | Not out | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 200 |
| Dilpreet Bajwa | runout (M Patel / SR Taylor) | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 220 |
| Dillon Heyliger | Not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | 10 (b 0, Ib 8, w 2, nb 0, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 194 (5 wkts, 20 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | WD | ECO |
| Ali Khan | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 10.25 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Harmeet Singh | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Jasdeep Singh | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Shadley van Schalkwyk | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11.33 |
| Steven Taylor | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Corey Anderson | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 9.67 |
| United States of America Inning | ||||||
| 197-3 (17.4 ov) CRR:11.15 | ||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Steven Taylor | lbw b K Sana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monank Patel (WK/C) | c S Movva b D Heyliger | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Andries Gous | c Aaron Johnson b N Dutta | 65 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 141.3 |
| Aaron Jones | Not out | 94 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 235 |
| Corey Anderson | Not out | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Extras | 19 (b 0, Ib 2, w 14, nb 3, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 197 (3 wkts, 17.4 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
| Kaleem Sana | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8.5 |
| Jeremy Gordon | 3 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14.67 |
| Dillon Heyliger | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.33 |
| Saad Bin Zafar | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Nikhil Dutta | 2.4 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15.38 |
| Pargat Singh | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Canada's innings
Invited to bat first, Navneet Dhaliwal and Nicholas Kirton's half-centuries helped Canada score 194/5 against the USA.
Johnson (23 runs from 16 balls, 5 fours) and Dhaliwal (61 runs from 44 balls, 6 fours, and 3 sixes) opened for Canada and stitched a partnership of 43 runs.
Harmeet Singh made the first breakthrough of the match in the 6th over after the American bowler sent Johnson back to the pavillion.
Pargat Singh (5 runs from 7 balls), who replaced Johnson at the crease, could not make a mark in the game and was run out by Jessy Singh and Monank Patel in the 8th over.
However, Nicholas Kirton's (51 runs from 31 balls, 3 fours, and 2 sixes) knock was very crucial for Canada in the middle overs. He played at a strike rate of 164.52.
Dhaliwal's staggering knock had to come to an end after Corey Anderson removed him in the 15th over, The Canadian batter played at a strike rate of 138.64.
Kirton tried to take control of the match, however, after the dismissal of Dhaliwal, the middle-order lost his wicket to Ali Khan in the 18th over.
In the end, Shreyas Movva's (32 runs from 16 balls, 2 fours, and 2 sixes) and Dilpreet Singh's (11 runs from 5 balls, 1 six, and 1 four) blitz knock in the death overs powered Canada to a total of 194/5 against the US.
