The United States of America had beaten Canada 4-0 in a 5-match T20I series two months ago and lead the overall head-to-head 5-2.
USA vs Canada Live Score, Match 1: One of the oldest cricket rivalries will reignite at the T20 World Cup. The two neighbors who first faced each other 180 years ago (1844) will face off in the first match of the mega event. Coming from a 0-4 drubbing in April, Saad Bin Zafar’s Canada would love to turn the table on the home side, the United States of America, on June 2 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas.
USA vs Canada Live Score
Slow start
USA is still trying to recover from that Taylor blow. And that means it has been a quiet start. It is 23/1 in 2.5 overs.
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Second Innings
So the chase starts. Kaleem Sana is the opening bowler, and he gets Steven Taylor on the second ball. USA 0/1.
That’s it
So Canada has batted really well here. After the end of 20 overs, they have managed to score 194/5.
Out
How many run outs are we going to witness here. Bajwa is out for 11. CAN 173/5.
50
There you go. Now Kirton has a fifty in only 28 deliveries. This is looking like a great total for the Canadians. The score moves to 155/3 in 17 overs.
Out
And on his very first delivery, Corey Anderson has a wicket, as he removes dangerous Dhaliwal for 61 from 44. CAN 133/3 in 14.3 overs.
Big partnership
Dhaliwal and Kirton have upped the ante here and are dealing in boundaries. They have scored 62 in 36 only as CAN move to 128/2 in 14 overs.
50
First tournament fifty comes to Navneet Dhaliwal. He has played brilliantly here. CAN 101/2 in 11.5 overs.
Going Strong
Despite losing two wickets, Canada are decently placed at 85/2 after 10 overs. If they can get to 160, it would be a decent score for USA to chase.
Out
What are the Canadians doing here? They have another run-out as Pargat Singh is dismissed for 4. CAN 66/2 after 8 overs.
Out
And here is the first wicket of T20 World Cup 2024. Aaron Johnson is run out for 23 from 16. CAN 50/1 after 6 overs.
Canada strong
This opening pair is going strong at the moment as Jasdeep Singh comes on to bowl. Canada have reached 43/0 in 4.5 overs.
Johnson shines
Aaron Johnson is looking like a decent batsman. He gets three boundaries in Ali-Khan over. It is 34/0 in 3 overs.
Slow start
Saurabh Netravalkar starts from the other end. And Aaron has a boundary again in the over. Seven runs come for Canada. Score moves to 13/0 after 2 overs.
Four
And the first ball of the T20 World Cup is hit for a four by Aaron. But only six runs come from the over. CAN 6/0 after 1 over.
USA vs Canada
Ali-Khan will open the bowling here for USA. The two openers for Canada are Aaron Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal.
Match time
We are just minutes away from the start of the match now. Let’s start.
Canada XI
Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Dilpreet Singh, Saad Bin Zafar(c), Nikhil Dutta, Dillon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon
USA XI
Steven Taylor, Monank Patel(w/c), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar
Toss
USA has won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Hello and welcome to the first match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 between USA and Canada. Finally, the tournament is underway, and we are only a few minutes away from the start of the match.
USA vs CAN Squads
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.
United States of America: Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones (vice-Captain), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir.
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