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The 25th Match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 was between the United States and India. The match was held at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India won this match by 7 wickets. With this win, India qualified for the Super Eights. India won the toss and decided to bowl first.
United States Innings:
The United States’ innings did not start well at all. The United States lost two wickets in the first over of the innings off Arshdeep Singh. Shayan Jahangir was dismissed on the first ball of the first over. Arshdeep Singh bowled a good inswinger and Shayan Jahangir got out lbw. In the last ball of the first over, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Andries Gous. Hardik Pandya took the catch. India’s bowlers bowled well in the Powerplay. At the end of 6 overs of the powerplay, the United States scored 18 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
Hardik Pandya dismissed the in-form batter Aaron Jones in the 8th over. Hardik Pandya bowled a good short ball and Mohammed Siraj took the catch at fine leg. Steven Taylor was playing well at that time. At the end of the first 10 overs, the United States scored 42 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
Steven Taylor was dismissed in the 12th over. He scored 24 runs off 30 balls. He was dismissed by Axar Patel. Nitish Kumar of United States was playing aggressively at the other end. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Nitish Kumar in the 15th over. Mohammed Siraj jumped on the boundary line and took a great catch. Nitish Kumar scored 27 runs off 23 balls. At the end of 15 overs, the United States scored 81 runs for 5 the loss of wickets.
Corey Anderson was batting well. He was dismissed by Hardik Pandya in the 16th over. Rishabh Pant took a good catch. Corey Anderson scored 15 runs off 12 balls. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Harmeet Singh in the 18th over. Rishabh Pant took the catch again. Harmeet Singh scored 10 runs. This was Arshdeep Singh’s fourth wicket in this match. Jasdeep Singh got run out on the last ball of the innings. Shadley van Schalkwyk remained unbeaten on 11 runs. The United States scored 110 runs for 8 wickets at the end of 20 overs.
Among India’s bowlers, Arshdeep Singh took 4 wickets, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets and Axar Patel took 1 wicket.
India Innings:
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli came to open for India. Virat Kohli got out on the 2nd ball of the 1st over. Saurabh Netravalkar dismissed him and wicketkeeper Andries Gous took the catch. Saurabh Netravalkar dismissed Rohit Sharma in the 3rd over, and Harmeet Singh took the catch. After that, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav tried to build the innings. At the end of 6 overs of powerplay, India scored 33 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
Rishabh Pant got out in the eighth over. He scored 18 runs off 20 balls. Shivam Dube came to bat after that. He played brilliantly in this match. At the end of 10 overs, India scored 47 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube put on an unbeaten 72-run partnership. This partnership helped India to get the victory. In the 13th over, Saurabh Netravalkar tried well but dropped Suryakumar Yadav’s catch off Shadley van Schalkwyk. At the end of 15 overs, India scored 76 runs for 3 wickets.
After that, India got 5 penalty runs as the United States took more than 60 seconds to start a new over for the third time in this innings. After that, Suryakumar Yadav scored his fifty on the 1st ball of the 19th over. And in 18.2 overs India scored 111 runs for 3 wickets and with that India won the match. Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 50 runs off 49 balls and Shivam Dube scored an unbeaten 31 runs off 35 balls.
Among the United States bowlers, Saurabh Netravalkar took 2 wickets and Ali Khan took 1 wicket.
Result:
India won the match by 7 wickets. This run chase was the highest successful run chase in New York.
Player of the Match:
Arshdeep Singh was selected as the player of the match for his exceptional bowling in this match. He took 4 wickets and conceded only 9 runs in 4 overs.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.