Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the efficiency of the US males’s cricket group throughout the ICC T20 World Cup held in the US and West Indies this yr. PM Modi was addressing an Indian diaspora occasion on the Nassau Coliseum in New York. “Some days again right here, the T20 World Cup occurred. The USA group performed so properly in that competitors. That group had so many Indian people who find themselves residing right here and their contributions had been witnessed by the entire world.”
Through the T20 WC 2024 held from June 1 to June 29 this yr, the USA hosted a complete of 16 matches, with matches going down in New York’s Nassau County Stadium, together with the competition between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, Texas’s Grand Prairie Stadium and Florida’s Central Broward Park.
USA delivered a effective efficiency within the event, ending second in Group Phases with two wins and a loss. This included a win in Tremendous Over over Pakistan in a thriller. In addition they gave a troublesome combat to India whereas defending a small whole of 111 runs on a tough floor.
Later in Tremendous Eights, the USA misplaced all their three matches, however gave a very good combat to finalists South Africa and misplaced by 18 runs whereas chasing 195. This was USA’s first World Cup look throughout 20 and 50 over codecs.
Some large performers within the event for the USA included gamers who represented India in U19 degree cricket. Saurabh Netravalkar took six wickets, together with prized wickets of Indian stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammed Rizwan and South African captain Aiden Markram.
Indian U19 bowler Harmeet Singh, who performed the 2012 U19 WC for India and performed home cricket for Mumbai, additionally performed for the USA, taking 4 wickets and scoring 69 runs in 4 innings.
USA captain Monank Patel additionally scored an important half-century towards Pakistan, taking his group to 159/3.
India received the event ending their ICC trophy drought after 11 years.
PM Modi arrived in New York within the second leg of his three-day go to to the US. He attended Quad Summit on Saturday and had bilateral conferences with US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Japan PM Fumio Kishida.
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