USA vs Canada Highlights, T20 World Cup: Aaron Jones scores 94 not out as hosts win by 7 wickets

USA vs Canada, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Report: The United States made a winning start to their debut T20 World Cup campaign as they defeated Canada by 7 wickets on Sunday. The co-hosts completed the 195-run chase in just 17.4 overs as Aaron Jones scored 94 not out and Andries Gous smashed 65.

Earlier, Canada scored 194/5 in 20 overs after the USA won the toss and asked their neighbors to bat first. Navneet Dhaliwal smashed 61 off 44 balls from the opening position while Nicholas Kirton scored 51 off 31 balls from the middle-order. Shreyas Mowa’s quickfire 32 off 16 balls provided Canada the much-needed impetus at the end.

Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh and Corey Anderson took a wicket each for the USA while Pargat Singh and Dilpreet Singh got run out for Canada.

United States of America vs Canada, T20 World Cup preview: The much-awaited 2024 T20 World Cup gets underway on Saturday (Sunday early morning in India) in Dallas when United States of America host neighbours Canada in a Group A match. The match will take place at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas and both teams will be looking to claim their first points, before bigger challenges against India and Pakistan await.

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The USA vs Canada rivalry has a long history dating back to 1844 , when the two teams played against each other in a three-day match. That is considered to be the oldest rivalry in international cricket, with Australia and England playing only their first-ever Test match years later, in 1877. This tournament also happens to be the first-ever appearance at a T20 World Cup for both USA and Canada.

USA are led by captain Monank Singh, and while the squad has a few faces who have played Ranji Trophy cricket previously, it also features former New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson. Anderson only made his USA debut in April this against Canada, scoring 28 and 55 runs in his first two matches. He followed it up with an unbeaten 34 against Bangladesh in the first match of a three-match series, which USA would eventually win 2-1.

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Among the Indian-origin cricketers is ex Under-19 World Cup winner Harmeet Singh, who won the 2012 U19 World Cup with India. Other Indian-origin players include Nitish Kumar, Saurabh Netravalkar and Jasdeep Singh.

Canada, meanwhile, have pacer Jeremy Gordon and left-arm seamer Kaleem Sana in their squad that will be led by all-rounder Saad Bin Zafar. Among batters, Canada have the experienced Ravinderpaul Singh (589 runs from 29 matches) and Aaron Johnson, the country’s second highest run-scorer with 713 runs. Navneet Dhaliwal, Canada’s top scorer with 870 runs in T20Is, also acts as a crucial batter at the top-order.

Squads:

United States of America: Monank Patel (c & wk), Aaron Jones (vc), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir

Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva. (Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar)