T20 World Cup 2026 Highlights| India beat USA by 29 runs to start campaign with a convincing win

Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar

. Monank Patel(c), Andries Gous(w), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Shayan Jahangir, Milind Kumar, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Ali Khan, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Shehan Jayasuriya, Jasdeep Singh, Sanjay Krishnamurthi

. The toss will be held at 6:30 pm IST, while the match begins at 7 pm IST.

. The Wankhede Stadium is known for high-scoring encounters with some assistance for the pacers at the start of the innings.

. India and USA have played just one T20I in the 2024 T20 World Cup group game in New York. India came on top even as the US gave a tough fight.

. Mohammed Siraj was named as the standby for the original squad and now he is in the 15 with Harshit Rana being ruled out on the eve of the tournament.

. India's skipper has a stellar record as the leader, winning 32 out of the 43 matches he has captained in and losing only seven. He has a win rate of about 74 per cent.

. "We are going to bowl first. Looks a good surface. High-scoring ground, so we will look to hunt it down. World Cup is one of the biggest stages for us. Lot of expectations from the US so we will look to do well. We played a couple of warmup games at the DY patil and we had a good run there. We have 6 batters, 2 all rounders and 3 bowlers," Patel said.

. "We were looking to bat first. It looks good here. I played a lot of cricket here. There's a wind around as well, so I don't think there'll be a lot of dew later on. Of course there'll be a little bit of pressure. We can't run away from that fact, but then new tournament, we want to play the same way how we've been playing in the last one or two years and continue the same thing. It's live before the game starts and I'm sure when we start batting, it will be more wilder. We have Washington Sundar missing out, Sanju Samson missing out. Unfortunately Jasprit Bumrah is not well so Mohammed Siraj is playing," Yadav said.

. Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy

. Andries Gous(w), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Monank Patel(c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar

. Saurabh Netravalkar with the new ball for USA

. It was a good start from Netravalkar with four dots, but Kishan releases the pressure with a stunning slog sweep over square leg for a six

. A wider ball from Ali Khan and Abhishek throws his hands at it. The fielder at deep cover takes an easy catch.

. It is a slot ball outside off stump and Varma clears his leg to smash the ball down the ground for a six

. That is a bad ball on legs and Varma helps it on the way past fine leg for four.

. Tilak Varma chips the ball and the ball beats a leaping mid on to race to the boundary.

. Ali Khan gets a solitary over in which he found success with the new ball

. Varma flicks it past the diving deep fine leg for four.

. Ishan Kishan slams the slot ball back to the bowler and a tough catch goes down.

. That is a straightforward chance as Kishan slams a wide yorker straight to point but the catch has been put down.

. Another wide ball outside off stump and Kishan drives it past cover for four.

. Khan switched to round the wicket and Kishan has sent the ball into the stands, working with the angle. The full ball has been flicked over square leg for a six.

. Kishan was living dangerously and he has played this short of length ball straight to mid off as van Schalkwyk strikes

. This is a brilliant start for USA. Tilak miscues the pull shot and scoops it straight to mid wicket.

. A slower bouncer from van Schalkwyk and Dube has miscued the pull shot to fine leg. India lost four wickets inside the powerplay.

. Mohammad Mohsin to bowl some leg spin

. Suryakumar Yadav slams the fuller ball over mid off for four. A much needed boundary for India

. That is a length ball outside off stump and SKY late cuts past third man for four.

. India would not have expected to have slumped to 63/4 in 10 overs after being put to bat. t will need a monumental effort to come out of this.

. Suryakumar Yadav gets a four on what should have been a single. van Schalkwyk lets it through his legs for a four.

. Rinku Singh goes for a big shot, only to miscue it to long on.

. Pandya plays an uppish drives against the good length ball and beats the diving cover fielder for four.

. Hardk Pandya goes for a big cut shot against Harmeet Singh but the ball turns and finds the edge. It still flies to deep cover.

. Suryakumar Yadav reaches to the pitch of the ball as he goes on one knee to sweep it hard through square leg for four.

. USA have shown a lot of character and spirit to reduce India to 86/6 in 14 overs. They have an opportunity to create a major upset to light up the World Cup on Day 1. It is now up to captain SKY and Axar Patel to take the hosts to a respectable total.

. Suryakumar Yadav cuts hard to find a boundary against a shorter ball from Harmeet Singh.

. A short ball with a lot of width and Axar Patel cuts it past point for fou.

. A back of length ball outside off and Axar waits on it to play it fine past third man for four.

. Khan put in a dive and scraped the surface as some part of the grass comes out. That looked bad.

. It is a slower ball outside off stump from Netravalkar and SKY shuffle to whip it over mid wicket for four. Powerful wrists that.

. A fuller ball and Suryakumar Yadav flicks it powerfully for a 80 m six over deep mid wicket

. Harmeet Singh gets his second wicket as Axar Patel goes big but hits it straight to deep midwicket.

. Arshdeep has flat-batted the shorter ball for four past long on.

. The India skipper has led a lone battle as his team has struggled to get going.

. The skipper has taken on Netravalkar in the final over with some breathtaking shots all around the ground to smash 20 runs in the first four balls

. Some great job by USA was undone with the brilliance of Suryakumar Yadav.

. Suryakumar Yadav slammed 10 fours and four sixes in his knock.

. Arshdeep Singh with the new ball for India

. Andres Gous drives firmly to cover

. Mohammed Siraj pitches the ball up and Gous has launched it over long on for six

. There is the early wicket India were looking back and Siraj has made an impact right away. A shorter ball and Gous has hit it to backward point as Tilak Varma takes a safe catch.

. That is a harmless length ball on the legs and Monank Patel gets a leading edge and the ball flies to cover. Easy catch.

. This has been a brilliant comeback for Siraj into the T20 set up, it has been pitched up and Mukkamalla plays it straight to mid wicket

. Milind Kumar goes for a drive and gets a thick edge, Siraj puts in a drive but the ball pops out.

. A good length ball in the channel of uncertainty and Milind Kumar places the ball between point and third man for four.

. Varun Chakravarthy to bowl, starts with a tidy over

. The spin twins of Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy are giving nothing away as pressure mounts.

. Milind Kumar decides to break the shackles. He has gone on one knee and smoked a 93 m six off Axar Patel

. Edged and four! Milind Kumar goes for a drive without much feet movement, takes the edge and runs to the boundary.

. Milind Kumar is struck on the pad and India review for LBW. Not out as the ball tracker says it is flying over the stump.

. A length ball by Pandya and Krishnamurthy stands tall to send the ball over long on for a six. Great hit that

. A shorter ball from Chakravarthy and Krishnamurthy cuts it past point for four.

. Milind Kumar departs after a decent knock. Chakravarthy castles him as he gets out of the crease. A brain fade moment there. He misses the ball and stes off for a single when the ball was in the glove. Kishan lost balance but did well to whip the bails.

. That is a poor ball from Pandya. On legs and Rajane whips it away past diving mid wicket for four.

. A short of length ball from Axar Patel and it has been pulled with disdain for a six.

. Indai are well on top now with the pacers running through the top order. The spinners have kept things tight as US stare at a gigantic task

. Shubham Ranjane has been given out LBW and he reviews it. There is a spike on the ultra edge and decision has been overturned.

. A googly and Rajane has slogged it over mid wicket for six

. Krishnamurthy departs in an attempt to up the scoring rate. A slog sweep has been miscued adn the deep mid wicket takes an easy catch.

. Harmeet Singh slogs the first ball and gives catching practice to deep mid wicket.

. Arhsdeep Singh gets another wicket as Mohsin slogs it to deep mid wicket.

. Hardik Pandya has had a poor day with the ball. He sprays a full toss and Rajane has slammed it for a six.

. A length ball from Siraj and Rajane has pulled it powerfully for a six over mid wicket.

. Siraj nails the yorker to finish the innings and the match.

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