Suryakumar leads India to Super 8s in win over USA

T20 World Cup, Group A, New York

USA 110-8 (20 overs): Nitish 27 (23); Arshdeep 4-9

India 111-3 (18.2 overs): Suryakumar 50* (49), Netravalkar 2-18

India won by 7 wickets

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Suryakumar Yadav made an unbeaten half-century arsenic India reached nan Super 8s contempt being fixed a fright successful a seven-wicket triumph complete T20 World Cup co-hosts USA.

Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh was rewarded for his diligence and accuracy pinch awesome figures of 4-9 arsenic he helped restrict nan United States to 110-8.

Nitish Kumar played immoderate stylish shots to apical people for nan US pinch 27 disconnected 23 balls, but nan full felt comfortably wrong scope of India’s powerful batting line-up.

However, a tense hush descended connected nan predominantly India-supporting crowd successful New York erstwhile they made a spluttering commencement to their reply.

First Virat Kohli nicked disconnected Saurabh Netravalkar for a aureate duck past nan US left-arm accelerated bowler picked up nan wicket of chap opener Rohit Sharma via a starring separator to time off India reeling astatine 10-2.

A pivotal infinitesimal came successful nan 13th over, pinch India connected 59-3, erstwhile Netravalkar spilled a precocious drawback astatine short 3rd that would person dismissed Suryakumar connected 22.

From that constituent Suryakumar sensed it was his time arsenic he and Shivam Dube, who vanished pinch 31 from 35 balls, recovered nan bound much freely.

The US will besides suffice for nan Super 8s if they debar conclusion successful their last Group A lucifer against Ireland successful Florida connected Friday, aliases if nan crippled is rained off.

More to follow.