In this match being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, USA captain Monank Patel won the toss and decided to bat first and in the powerplay, he along with Shayan Jahangir gave the team a stormy start.
The Monank and Jahangir partnership broke in the seventh over when the team lost Jahangir’s wicket at the score of 68. Jahangir scored 22 runs in 18 balls before getting out, while captain Monank played a stormy inning of 52 runs in 30 balls. After this, Sanjay Krishnamurthy played a fiery inning of 68 runs in 33 balls and took his team to the score of 199. For Namibia, Willem Myburgh and captain Gerhard Erasmus took the maximum 2 wickets each. Now in this do or die match, it will be the responsibility of the USA bowlers to stop Namibia before reaching the target.
Talking about the first innings, USA had a great start in batting today. Both the openers scored runs in the top order. Captain Monank Patel (52) and Shyan Jahangir (22) added 68 runs for the first wicket in 7 overs, batting at an average of around 10. Meanwhile, both the batsmen were hitting big shots. Myberg came in and broke this partnership, but all the batsmen who came in later were hitting big shots. In the middle order, Saiteeja Mukkamalla (17), Sanjay Krishnamurthy (68) and Milind Kumar (28) scored runs, due to which the team moved towards a big total.
Ali Khan to Dylan Leichter, another slower bouncer that the batsmen couldn’t do anything about. A play-and-miss resulted in a 31-run win for the USA. Victory celebrations were evident in their camp.
