AP – There was no upset this time for the United States (US) as the home team was easily beaten by cricket heavyweight India at the Twenty20 (T20) World Cup yesterday.
Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century powered India to a seven-wicket win over the US, which had shocked Pakistan last week.
With the win, India reached the Super 8 round. The US can advance by beating Ireland today.
In a later match at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, Sherfane Rutherford scored an unbeaten 68 from 39 deliveries to help the West Indies in their great escape – the co-hosts beat New Zealand by 13 runs.
The Caribbean lineup, 149-9 in its 20 overs, was 76-7 before its Rutherford-led recovery.
Alzarri Joseph snared four New Zealand wickets and Gudakesh Motie took three – including New Zealand captain Kane Williamson for one – to restrict the Black Caps to 136-9 in reply.
On Long Island, Yadvav’s 50 runs came off 49 balls and included two boundaries and two sixes. He put on 72 runs off 65 balls in an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand with Shivam Dube, who scored 31 not out as India finished with 111-3 in 18.2 overs in reply to 110-8 by the US.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh returned figures of 4-9 – including two wickets in the first over – to restrict the co-hosts after India had won the toss and opted to field at the Nassau County International Stadium.
