On a historic day for cricket, the USA national team secured a stunning victory over Canada in the opening match of the T20 World Cup. The Americans displayed exceptional skill and determination as they chased down the target set by their Canadian counterparts with ease, ultimately winning by 7 wickets.
The match showcased the growing talent and potential of the USA cricket team, who have been steadily improving their performance on the international stage. Their victory against Canada, a team with a strong cricketing tradition, is a testament to their hard work and dedication to the sport.
One-hundred-and-eighty years later, the same two teams will come face to face in the T20 World Cup 2024 opener in Dallas. Coincidentally, it is the first T20 World Cup for both sides. USA qualified by virtue of being the co-hosts and Canada by winning the Americas Qualifier.
Saturday's game will be the first T20I at the Grand Prairie Stadium. But there is hardly any buzz in Dallas, which means the 7000-seater may not be packed to capacity. Moreover, a thunderstorm could play spoilsport, as it did during the warm-ups for both sides at this very venue
Navneet Dhaliwal (61 off 44 balls) and Nicholas Kirton (51 off 31 balls) helped Canada sustain the momentum, and then a 16-ball 32 cameo from Shreyas Movva at the end helped them post a challenging total on the board. Movva collected 21 runs from the last over to provide the much-needed impetus to Canada’s innings.
Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh and Corey Anderson picked up a wicket each for the United States of America. USA’s highest successful chase in T20Is was 169 and they will need to create history if they want to own the opening night of this edition of the mega event. Canada’s 194/5 is now the highest total by an associate team at the men’s T20 World Cup, surpassing 193/4 by Netherlands vs Ireland in 2014.
The T20 World Cup will be contested by 20 teams including global superpowers India, Australia and England. The United States and Canada are both drawn in Group A with India, Ireland and Pakistan.
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