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India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav celebrates his fifty against the USA in Mumbai. PHOTO: AFP\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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A sparkling unbeaten 84 from India captain Suryakumar Yadav and three wickets from late call-up Mohammed Siraj in Mumbai on Saturday helped India to avoid a shock defeat to the United States as they opened their defence of the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

India were in trouble at 77-6 before Suryakumar took them to a competitive 161-9 at a packed Wankhede stadium and won by 29 runs as the USA could only muster 132-8 in reply.<\/p>\n

Chasing 162 for a massive upset, the Americans were quickly reduced to 13-3 as Siraj, only added to the squad 24 hours earlier as a replacement for the injured Harshit Rana, struck twice in his first two overs.<\/p>\n

A 58-run fourth-wicket partnership between Milind Kumar (34) and Sanjay Krishnamurthi (37) put the USA on course for a stunning win.<\/p>\n

They were still in the hunt at 98-4 in the 16th over when spinner Axar Patel took two wickets in two balls to end their hopes.<\/p>\n

Suryakumar paced his 49-ball innings brilliantly, shepherding the tail and smashing 10 fours and four sixes as India plundered 75 off the final six overs.<\/p>\n

Siraj, who had not played a T20 international since July 2024, celebrated his recall by taking a wicket with his fourth ball.<\/p>\n

USA opener Andries Gous had just hit Siraj for six, but the next ball could only find Tilak Varma, who took a low catch.<\/p>\n

Arshdeep Singh got in on the act at the other end, removing captain Monank Patel, who was caught by Shivam Dube off a leading edge.<\/p>\n

That left the USA at 11-2, which became 13-3 when Siraj struck again to remove Saiteja Mukkamalla for two.<\/p>\n

Siraj finished with 3-29 after trapping Shubham Ranjane lbw with the final ball of the innings.<\/p>\n

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After US captain Patel won the toss and opted to field, his decision was rewarded with the prize wicket of the dangerous Abhishek Sharma off the first ball he faced.<\/p>\n

The left-handed Abhishek attempted a typically flamboyant back-foot drive for six off the bowling of Ali Khan to be caught on the cover boundary by Sanjay Krishnamurthi.<\/p>\n

Number three Varma announced his arrival with a six and two fours off Saurabh Netravalkar.<\/p>\n

From a comfortable 45-1, Ishan Kishan slapped Shadley van Schalkwyk to Kumar at mid-off on 20 to spark a mini-collapse for India.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> ICC in talks to revive Pakistan-India T20 World Cup clash<\/a><\/p>\n

It was soon 46-3 as Tilak succumbed to Van Schalkwyk, splicing an attempted pull to Patel at midwicket.<\/p>\n

Next ball Shivam Dube also fell to leave Van Schalkwyk on a hat-trick, which was successfully staved off by Suryakumar.<\/p>\n

India crept to 63-4 at the halfway stage, which soon became 72-5 and 77-6 when Rinku Singh was caught in the deep and Hardik Pandya perished in a similar fashion.<\/p>\n

Suryakumar bided his time before unleashing an assault in the 16th over, hitting three fours and a six off seamer Netravalkar.<\/p>\n

He reached his fifty off 36 balls with a trademark wristy sweep for four.<\/p>\n

The final over saw Suryakumar smash 21 runs, including two sixes off the hapless Netravalkar, who finished with the sorry figures 0-65 off his four overs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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