In the T20 World Cup warm-up match, New Zealand defeated America by scoring 208 runs. Chasing the target, America fought hard, but lost due to the bowling of Matt Henry (5 wickets). This performance of America is a warning to teams like India.
Mumbai: India has received a big warning from America before its first match in the T20 World Cup. The United States gave a tough fight to New Zealand in yesterday’s World Cup warm-up match, although they lost. In this match held at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, New Zealand, batting first, scored 208 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs.
Tim Seifert was the top scorer for New Zealand with 66 runs in 31 balls. Glenn Phillips scored 40 runs in 18 balls and Daryl Mitchell scored 32 runs in 21 balls. Devon Conway (16) and Mark Chapman (17) could not play big innings. For America, Saurabh Netrawalkar took two wickets for 37 runs in four overs and performed brilliantly in bowling.
In reply, America lost the wicket of opener Andries Gaus on the very first ball of the innings. Shayan Jahangir (2) was also out in the second over. But after this, due to the stormy batting of Saiteja Mukkamalla (50 in 31 balls) and captain Monank Patel (31 in 14 balls), America scored 72 runs in 7.2 overs. The dismissal of Mukkamalla and Patel after the powerplay took the score to 94-4, but Milind Kumar (43 off 26 balls) continued to fight for America. In the middle order, Shubham Ranjane (41 from 23 balls) batted strongly and raised hopes of victory, but lack of support from the other end proved costly.
In the last over of Matt Henry, America needed 12 runs to win. Shubham Ranjane could not score any runs on the first ball. Matt Henry dismissed him on the very next ball. By dismissing Mohsin on the fourth ball, Henry gave only four runs and gave victory to the Kiwi team. Matt Henry took five wickets for 32 runs in four overs and wrapped up America’s innings.
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