T20 World Cup 2026 | India lose half the side as USA tighten the screws

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

. Mohammad Mohsin to bowl some leg spin

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

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

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

. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

. Saurabh Netravalkar with the new ball for USA

. 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

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

. "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.

. "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.

. 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.

. 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 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.

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

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

. 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

. 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

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