India lost 4 wickets in powerplay
The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Opener Abhishek Sharma was out on his very first ball without opening the account. At that time the team’s score was 8 runs. There was a partnership of 37 runs between Ishan Kishan and Tilak Verma for the second wicket. India lost three wickets in the last over of the powerplay. Apart from Ishaan and Tilak, Shadley Van Schalkwyk also dismissed Shivam Dubey. Kishan was out after scoring 20 runs in 16 balls and Tilak Verma was out after scoring 25 runs in 16 balls. Even Tilak’s account was not opened.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav showed strength
Rinku Singh (6) and Hardik Pandya (5) also could not do anything special. But captain Suryakumar Yadav kept one end in check. With Akshar Patel, he made a partnership of 41 runs for the seventh wicket and took the team beyond 100. Amidst the continuous falling of wickets, captain Suryakumar Yadav, who came to bat at number four, remained at the crease and scored an excellent half-century. This was Surya’s 25th half-century in T20.
Suryakumar Yadav remained unbeaten after scoring 84 runs in 49 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours. Surya, who brought the last over of the innings, hit Saurabh Netrawalkar with 2 fours and 2 sixes, scoring 21 runs and taking India’s score to 161 for 9 wickets. Shadley van Schalkwyk was the most successful bowler. He took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Harmeet Singh took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs.
Indian bowlers did not give any chance
India gave the first blow to America in the very second over. Mohammed Siraj sent opener Adrian Goss to the pavilion. After this, Arshdeep Singh dismissed captain Monank Patel in the third over and Siraj took another wicket in the fourth over. America lost three wickets for just 13 runs. From here Milind Kumar and Sanjay Krishnamurthy took over the innings. But India did not allow both of them to play openly.
There was a partnership of 58 runs between the two for the fourth wicket but they faced 52 balls. Varun Chakraborty broke this partnership by dismissing Milind. He scored 34 runs on 34 balls. Sanjay played some good shots but was out to Axar Patel after scoring 37 runs. Akshar completely destroyed America’s hopes by dismissing Harmeed Singh on the very next ball.
Shubham Ranjane, who was suffering from injury, scored 37 runs in 22 balls with one drop but it was not enough to lead the team to victory. Mohammad Siraj dismissed Shubham on the last ball of the innings. Mohammad Siraj was the most successful bowler for India. He took three wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel got 2 successes each.
