The USA cricket team boasts players hailing from India, Pakistan and South Africa – along with fans like Aaron Jones of North Carolina who traveled all the way there just to watch their match!
Though they lost to India, the Americans can advance with another win against Ireland on Friday. Additionally, they demonstrated their scoring prowess with an explosive innings against Pakistan in their previous matchup. In this article, we will discuss about the top matches of United states national cricket team vs india national cricket team match scorecard.
Toss
India won the toss and elected to bowl. Unfortunately for USA cricketer Shayan Jahangir was caught leg before wicket by Arshdeep Singh from Arshdeep Singh off just the first ball; Andries Gous too was out caught behind off his pull shot attempt.
Harmeet Singh and Corey Anderson helped USA recover, with Singh hitting an exceptional SIX from long-on. Axar Patel now bowls his sixth over and USA are currently 24-2 with nine off this over.
Vinay Manhass of North Carolina traveled for this game and is thrilled that more Americans are becoming interested in cricket. “I’ve been here 30 years and it is great that this sport is growing here,” he noted, noting there is plenty of talent but India presents tough opposition when playing at home.
First Over
USA begins their game two wickets down, known in cricket lingo as being in “golden duck” territory, seemingly dooming them to disaster. Yet they quickly rally behind and play hard enough to regain the initiative by continuing to score runs as an insurance policy against ties when both teams have the same number of wins and losses.
USA batsmen continue to score singles, and picked up another run off the first ball of the next over. But then Saurabh Netravalkar struck again; trying for a big hit but getting only an edge to keeper Andries Gous. India took another key wicket and now only require 111 runs to win their match; USA have been penalised five runs due to taking more than one minute between overs.
Second Over
After an inauspicious start, the USA have managed to make up ground after their earlier struggles and reach 110/8 through 14 overs, but stopping India before they amass an unsustainable total is no easy task.
Shayan Jahangir fell to Arshdeep Singh’s first ball, caught LBW off it. Andries Gous meanwhile hit one high into the air that missed its target entirely.
The US team has captured the imagination of both cricket enthusiasts and novices with its stunning win against Pakistan and tight loss against India last week in a Super Over. Bowler Saurabh Netravalkar stands out as their breakout star; he manages his cricket career alongside being employed as a software engineer by day. Additionally, players hailing from India, Pakistan, South Africa and Australia all make up the squad while Australian Stuart Law serves as their coach.
Third Over
In 11 of 20 overs played so far in this match, the United States have managed only 48 runs; at such an unimpressive pace it will be hard for India to catch them.
Shivam Dube hits an unplayable six over the mid wicket stands off Corey Anderson – making this over’s first big hit!
Harmeet Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar and Nosthush Kenjige of Team USA are former Indian Premier League cricketers; now employed in their home nations they’re playing for pride and to help advance to the Super 8 stage of this tournament. Though it will be challenging, success would certainly make an incredible Cinderella story come to fruition if India can be kept from scoring more than 110 runs; they just need to stop India scoring that many runs and make an unlikely comeback story come to life!
Fourth Over
Ali Khan provides India with much-needed four runs as they end a long scoring drought.
USA may yet continue its amazing comeback against Ireland on Friday to advance from Group Stage play and make the quarter-finals.
The USA squad features players with roots in India, Pakistan and South Africa – with players hailing from these hotbeds such as India. After defeating Pakistan in their opening match, Team USA set its sights on India – even when falling two wickets early on and falling to two wickets within the opening over. They continued playing hard knowing that having a higher net run rate could prove helpful in case of a tiebreak scenario.
Fifth Over
At half time, USA have amassed only 47 runs – far short of what’s required to defeat India. And India are making things hard on them both!
Nitish Kumar has been making headlines with some impressive hitting for India, as well as capitalizing on some questionable decisions by USA fielding team – one being dropping a pop-up that would have cost them five runs; an uncharacteristic error which changed momentum to India.
Sixth Over
USA’s aggressive batting saw three sixes and one four hit in their last few overs to push their total up to 110/8, giving hope of victory against India.
Arshdeep Singh utilized extra bounce in his opening over of the second spell to extract extra bounce and dismiss Harmeet Singh at long off for just 18 runs – an astute move by Arshdeep.
Corey Anderson’s unbeaten 94 in USA’s win against Pakistan stands as an early warning signal of his potential. New York native Aaron Jones and Andries Gous add depth in the middle order while Saurabh Netravalkar is an invaluable bowler despite working full time for tech company Oracle as a software engineer – his off-spin bowling is particularly deadly.
Seventh Over
The United States team, comprising players with roots in India, Pakistan and West Indies has an excellent chance of pulling off another surprise at the T20 ICC World Cup. After opening with an emphatic win against Canada and then stunning everyone by defeating Pakistan in an exciting ‘Super Over’ encounter – their chances appear strong!
But without victory against India, their fairytale journey would come to an abrupt halt. Rohit Sharma and his men, which has filled out Nassau County International Cricket Stadium to sell out, will put USA through a rigorous test of its mettle.
Axar Patel castled Steven Taylor to provide US with hope. However, 12 runs from Pandya’s over are still far too few to cover their deficit and India will resume play with four wickets lead – this should make for an exciting contest!
Eighth Over
USA fielders have done an outstanding job so far – through 12 overs, they have only conceded 55 runs!
Steven Taylor hit an amazing shot against Hardik Pandya off his opening ball – smashing one six off it! An amazing shot on an unforgiving surface.
Corey Anderson finds relief as Arshdeep Singh bowls a short-pitched delivery, drawing extra bounce out of the surface and extracting an edge off it. Shadley van Schalkwyk attempts to defend but it passes him by, leading to a run-out.
USA are enjoying some thrilling cricket at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Long Island, New York. Although not expected to win, they still possess a chance of an upset. Their first win came against Canada before defeating Pakistan – runners-up at last World Cup – which gave them confidence going into this match against India – the highest-ranked team.
Nineth Over
On Wednesday in New York, India will present another formidable test to their opponents from the United States who boast several players who played in India’s opening two matches against them – Monank Patel, Harmeet Singh and Nosthush Kenjige have all once shared Rohit Sharma’s dressing room – so their experience could prove decisive in this matchup.
After winning their opening match against Pakistan, co-hosts India are eager to advance to the Super Eight round and face tournament favorites India in the Super Eight match on Thursday at New York’s Nassau County International Cricket Stadium; known for its high scoring matches and bowler-friendly pitch, this will mark their final match before moving onto Florida and then the Caribbean for further play in 2018.
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