India take on the United States in a scintillating encounter at the Nassau County International Stadium in New York on Wednesday, June 12. Both teams will try to get the better of the other and not bow down under pressure.
Both teams come into the game on the back of superb wins over Pakistan. While India beat their arch-rivals by a mere six runs on Sunday, June 9, the USA Team achieved their victory via a super over. This means that whoever wins this game will top the group.
India has many top-class batters, yet their collective failure against Pakistan on Sunday will give their management some sleepless nights. The USA Team, on the other hand, is almost entirely made up of immigrants and will be keen on picking up a win here.
Predicted Squads
IND: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
USA: Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (c & wk), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan.
Key Players
Jasprit Bumrah (IND): Seamer Jasprit Bumrah, who was almost single-handedly responsible for restricting Pakistan to 113-7 in his team's game against them on Sunday, will also be the key player for India on Wednesday. His searing yorkers are unmatched across the world of cricket.
Saurabh Netravalkar (USA): Left-arm seamer Saurabh Netravalkar, who played U19 cricket for India at the international level before moving to the USA for work, will have his task cut out in this game. He starred for his adopted country in the super over against Pakistan and will be high on confidence.
Match Prediction
India are the overwhelming favourites. Although the United States tend to spring a surprise here and there, they will meet their match in this Indian team. India is very likely to prevail.