A team full of expatriates, tournament co-hosts USA, coached by former Australian batter Stuart Law, will promise some surprises when it kicks off the T20 World Cup taking on qualifiers Canada in a battle of debutants. (More Cricket News)
The USA have proved that they will be no pushovers, having beaten the f🍸ull-member side Bangladesh 2-1 in the build-up to the tournament.
They will also have the edge having be𝓰aten Canada 4-0 recently.
The side will be boosted by former New Zealand player and 2015 World Cup finalist Corey Anderson. The hosts will ༺be led by wicket-keeper batter Monank Patel.
Born in Anand, Monank🀅 played for🧔 his home state at the age-group level before making the US his home in 2016.
He was th✅e top-scorer in the World♔ T20 Americas qualifier 2018 with 208 runs from six innings and made his T20I debut against UAE in 2019.
The team will also feature some familiar names in former Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh and ex-Delhi and Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Milind Kumar.
Th🎃ey also have Saurabh Netravalkar, the most capped USA player, Aaron Jones, and opener Steven Taylor, their highest run-scorer in international cricket.
Tearaway quick Ali Khan isꦐ also fit for the tournament, shaking off a hamstring injury which kept him out of the Canada series.
Batting all-rounder Nitis💙h Kumar, who played 18 T20Is for Canada f✃rom 2012 to 2019, has now switched sides and will be seen in the USA jersey. He made his T20I debut for the USA against Canada in April this year.
Left-arm o🔯rthodox spinner Saad Bin Zafar brings a wealth of experience to the Canada team, with top-or🐷der batter Aaron Johnson and left-arm seamer Kaleem Sana also expected to feature heavily in a side with just four players under the age of 30.
Teams:
USA: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jꦆones (vc), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Va🐷n Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir.
Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Kaleem Sana, Dilon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta,🍰 Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilpreet Bajwa, Shreyas Movva and Rishiv Joshi.
Match starts: 6 am IST (June 2)
