India vs USA Match Result Today: Team India defeated the American team by 29 runs in the first match of the T20 World Cup. Batting first, the Indian team scored 161 runs. While chasing runs, the American team was seen faltering from the beginning. USA could score only 132 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs.

American batting faltered from the beginning

The team that came in to bat seemed to be faltering from the very first over. In the very second over, Mohammad Siraj gave the first blow to America by getting Andrew Goss caught by Tilak Verma. After this, in the third over, Arshdeep sent captain Monank Patel to the pavilion on zero.

USA wickets kept falling one after the other

The score of the American team had just reached 13 runs when Mohammad Siraj once again showed the power of his sharp bowling and reduced Saiteja Mukmalla to just 2 runs. In this way, the American team came on the backfoot in the power play itself.

Some good partnerships were seen, but..

However, after this a decent partnership was seen from America and its score reached 71 runs. Milind Kumar and Sanjay Krishnamurthy had special contribution in this. However, on the last ball of the 12th over, Varun Chakraborty trapped Milind with his spin. After this, on the score of 98, Sanjay Krishnamurthy also became the victim of Akshar Patel after scoring 37 runs.

Shubham Ranjane also out after scoring 37 runs.

Shubham Ranjane of Indian origin batted well and scored 37 runs in 22 balls. In his innings he hit 2 fours and three sixes, but could not lead the team to victory. In this way, Team India started with victory in the first match of the World Cup itself.

Captain Surya became the lifeline of India's faltering innings.

Before this, the Indian team, who came to bat, had a very bad start. Indian opener Abhishek Sharma was out on zero. After that, Ishan Kishan could score only 20, Tilak Verma could score 25, Shivam Dubey 0, Rinku Singh 6, Hardik Pandya 5 and Akshar Patel could score only 14 runs. However, at one end, captain Surya Kumar Yadav not only stood firm, but also batted brilliantly and scored 84 runs in 49 balls, taking the Indian team to 161. Surya hit 10 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.