The Indian men’s cricket team played their third match for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 tournament against team USA, which is also the co-host for the championship.
The two teams belonging to Group A, locked horns in match 25 out of 55 scheduled for the tournament, at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
India won the toss and Rohit Sharma, their captain opted for the team to bowl first. USA scored a respectable 110/8 runs in the slow dropped-in pitch of New York, whereas India chased the score, getting 111/3 in 18.2 overs.
Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh became the Player Of The Match after his impressive bowling streak, giving away the least number of runs at 4-0-9-4.
Arshdeep’s spell In India vs USA
Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh showed his true worth in today’s India vs USA match for the T20 World Cup 2024 in New York.
Despite having some average performances in his past few games, Singh came back stronger as he gave away the least number of runs to the USA batsmen whilst also having away 3 wickets.
Arshdeep’s bowling ensured 4-0-9-4 runs respectively in the 4 overs he bowled, with was at an economy rate of 2.2. The player also bagged the wickets of 3 USA batsmen.
Singh started off with an LBW wicket he took of Shayan Jahangir, who scored 0 runs in today’s match.
This was followed by the dismissal of USA wicketkeeper Andries Gous by Singh, as Hardik Pandya took an impressive catch on Arshdeep’s bowling.
NR Kumar and Harmeet Singh had also lost their wickets to catch-outs as Arshdeep bowled while Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant took their respective catches.
“The team always shows belief in me” Says Arshdeep
As he got awarded with the Player Of The Match title, Singh did not hold back on praising his team for being a source of support for the bowler.
Arshdeep also mentioned his disappointment with the number of runs he gave away in the last 2 matches against Ireland and Pakistan respectively, before doing wonders in today’s fixture.
“Very very happy with the performance. In the last two games, I gave away little more runs, wasn’t happy with that. The team always shows belief in me and keep backing me, I had to deliver for them. The wicket is very conducive to fast bowlers and it’s helping us get some seam movement.” Arshdeep said.
Speaking about his strategy, ahead of playing in today’s match, Arshdeep mentioned that he had planned to “use the wicket” and “hit the hard lengths” due to the pitch conditions.
“The plan was simple, pitch it in the wicket and let the ball do the talking. Don’t give easy balls to score, our batsmen are also facing difficulties to score runs. The plan was to hit the hard lengths.” Singh said.
“In conditions like this, you can use the wicket more. When you are playing international cricket, you need to have some routines and the way you take care of your body counts. All the bowlers have done extremely well, looking forward to do the same in the next leg as well.” He added.
Today’s match also marked the last fixture at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York for the tournament.
India will now be competing against Canada for their next match in Miami, Florida.
Stay updated with all the cricketing action, follow Cricadium on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, and Instagram
