Ind vs USA T20 World Cup Yesterday Match Result: Who won yesterday’s match in India vs USA T20 World Cup, know the complete result, important moments and highlights of Pakistan vs Netherlands and West Indies vs Scotland match here.
India vs USA T20 Match Results: India has started the T20 World Cup with a win. In its first match played on Saturday, February 7, Team India defeated America (USA) by 29 runs. In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, America won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian team, who came to bat, scored 161 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs.
USA team collapsed in front of the target of 162 runs
Chasing the target of 162 runs, the American team had a very bad start and lost three wickets at the score of just 13 runs. At the same time, the entire team could score only 132 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this way India won its first match by 29 runs.
Suryakumar Yadav’s memorable innings
While batting, the Indian team also faltered after the initial shocks. At one point India had lost 6 wickets at the score of 77 runs. However, captain Surya Kumar Yadav stood firm at one end and batted brilliantly and scored an unbeaten 84 runs in 49 balls. Surya scored his 8th half-century as captain in this match. Along with this, he also completed 1000 runs as captain in T20 International.
Contribution of three batsmen from America
Shubham Ranjane and Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored 37-37 runs for the American team. Whereas Milind Kumar played an inning of 34 runs. However, these three could not lead their team to victory. For India, Mohammad Siraj bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took 2-2 wickets and controlled America’s run rate.
Suryakumar Yadav became player of the match
Captain Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged player of the match for his brilliant innings. At one time, the Indian team had lost 4 wickets for 46 runs, but Surya took charge of the innings and took the team to a strong score. With this victory, India has reached first position in the points table of Group-A. Both India and Pakistan have 2 points each, but India is on top due to better net run rate. Netherlands and USA have lost their first matches, while Namibia has not played any match yet.
PAK vs NED Match Result: Pakistan kept on losing
Pakistan team narrowly escaped defeat in its first match of the T20 World Cup. Pakistanis somehow defeated Netherlands and won the match by 3 wickets. Actually, Pakistan needed 29 runs in the last 2 overs, then Faheem Ashraf’s brilliant batting changed the fate of the match.
Faheem Ashraf scored 29 runs in 11 balls
In the 19th over of the match, Faheem Ashraf took Pakistan closer to victory by hitting three sixes. He scored unbeaten 29 runs in 11 balls and helped the team win by 3 wickets. Faheem was chosen player of the match for his excellent performance.
Faheem’s missed catch became the turning point
Netherlands had the upper hand till the 18th over. Faheem hit a six on the first ball of the 19th over, while Max Odoud took an easy catch on the second ball. After this sacrifice of life, Faheem hit two consecutive sixes to win the match for Pakistan. For Pakistan, opener Sahibzada Farhan scored 47 runs, while Saim Ayub scored 24 runs. Whereas, for Netherlands, captain Scott Edwards scored the maximum 37 runs. The entire Netherlands team was all out for 147 runs in 19.5 overs. Salman Mirza took 3 wickets for Pakistan. 9 out of 10 Netherlands batsmen were caught out, while Colin Ackerman was bowled by Abrar Ahmed.
WI vs SCO Match Result: West Indies beat Scotland
In another match of T20 World Cup, West Indies defeated Scotland by 35 runs. In this match, Caribbean team bowler Romario Shepherd took a hat-trick while bowling lethally. In this match played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, West Indies lost the toss and batted first. The team scored 182 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Scotland team collapsed while chasing the target of 183 runs.
While chasing the target of 183 runs, the Scottish batsmen could not stand against the West Indies bowlers. Scotland team was all out for 147 runs in 18.5 overs. Romario Shepherd of West Indies took a total of 5 wickets including a hat-trick. He completed the hat-trick by dismissing Michael Leask (0), Matthew Cross (11) and Oliver Davidson (0) in the 17th over. After this, Safyan Sharif (0) was also sent to the pavilion on the sixth ball of the same over. Shepherd also got the wicket of Brandon McMullen (14 runs) in the powerplay.
Hetmyer shines in West Indies’ batting
Earlier, Shimron Hetmyer batted brilliantly for West Indies and scored 64 runs in 36 balls. Opener Brandon King contributed 35 runs. Captain Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford scored 24-24 runs, due to which the West Indies team was successful in scoring a big score.