The 25th match of the tournament will be of Group A between India (IND) and United States of America (USA). The match will be live at 08:00 P.M. (IST) and 10:30 A.M. (local).
Both the teams are undefeated in their Group. Both have played 2 matches each and won each of them. India’s last victory came against their arch rival Pakistan, where they changed the atmosphere of the match towards the end. On the other hand, the USA also defeated Pakistan in their last encounter and made a huge turn around in World Cricket.
Teams Analysis
India (IND):
They have shown how dominance and turn around looks like. In the first match they showed domination while in the last match they changed the atmosphere towards their favour in the last moments. They are on the verge of getting the round 8 qualification. If they register victory in this match, then the next round will be easy.
Skipper Rohit Sharma has scored 65 runs in 2 matches with a strike rate of 132.65. He scored one half-century till now and that came against Ireland where he scored 52 runs before getting retired out. On the other hand, Virat Kohli has failed to score the runs in both the matches but the experience he got, he can make a comeback anytime he wants and might be even more dangerous in the upcoming matches.
Rishabh Pant is currently the team’s leading runs scorer with 78 runs in 2 matches. In the last match, his crucial knock of 42 runs helped the team alot to post a defendable total. His strike rate is 136.84 and having an average of 78. Shivam Dube and Suryakumar Yadav both failed to impress with the bat as both of them didn’t contribute much. Dube might be replaced with Yashasvi Jaiswal in this match.
Hardik Pandya didn’t get much time to bat but in the bowling department he showed his class and got 5 wickets in the middle. His economy is 6.38 and has an average of 10.20.
Jasprit Bumrah is showing the batters dream with his fierce bowling. He got 5 wickets till now and was awarded Player of the Match in both the matches. His economy is 2.86 and the average is 4.00. He has been consistent with the line and length.
Probable Playing 11 of India (IND):
Rohit Sharma ©, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj.
United States of America (USA):
They come out as one of the best underrated teams in this tournament. They won 2 out of 2 and one win will make their place into the next round. It is also their first time playing in this tournament as they were not able to qualify. One of the most shocking was their win against Pakistan in the Super Over. Their batting and bowling, both have been brilliant.
The leader of the team Monank Patel played a well patient knock of 50 runs against Pakistan, that came in the last match. He was the reason behind the team tied the scores. He played for 38 balls. Steven Taylor is yet to get a good knock at the start. He is known for aggressive gameplay from the beginning. But his aggressiveness is yet to be witnessed as he scored 0 & 12 runs with the bat.
Andries Gous has shown consistency with the bat as he managed 100 runs in 2 matches. His strike rate in this tournament is 138.89 and got one half-century till now and that came against Canada where he scored 65 runs. But the main hero of the team is Aaron Jones who scored most runs for the team. He got 130 runs and had a strike rate of 196.97. Both the wins that the team registered is due to his contribution and is yet to be dismissed in this tournament.
Saurabh Netravalkar troubled the Pakistani batters in the last match and got 2 wickets after conceding only 18 runs in 4 overs. He bowled the Super Over in that final match and took his team to a great win. Nosthush Kenjige is currently their leading wicket taker with 3 wickets to his name. These three wickets came against Pakistan. Experienced Ali Khan got 2 wickets till now and got 1 wicket each match.
Probable Playing 11 of United States of America (USA):
Monank Patel (c & wk), Steven Taylor, Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan.
Pitch Report for the match between India (IND) and United States of America (USA):
The match will be played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. This stadium has witnessed many low scores as batters find it hard to play against the pacers. Pacers get a good amount of uneven bounce in the good length area which makes it difficult for the batters to judge it easily.
Weather Report:
The chances of the match is expected to be played full with a little obstruction of rain as there is a 10% possibility of it. The humidity will be close to 50%. The highest temperature may be recorded as 26 degree celsius while the lowest may be down to 18 degree celsius.
Best 11 for the match between India (IND) and United States of America (USA):
Rishabh Pant, Andries Gous, Monank Patel, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Hardeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar.