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T20 World Cup: Monank Patel ruled out of India clash due to shoulder injury; Aaron Jones replaces him as USA skipper | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: The United States team got a major blow on Wednesday as their regular skipper Monank Patel has been ruled out due to shoulder injury just before the start of the crucial T20 World Cup clash against India in New York.Star batter Aaron Jones replaced Patel as captain for this game. The severity of the injury is not known yet and one can hope that Patel might recover for USA’s last Group game against Ireland on Friday.However, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl against the USA as India remain unchanged, while the tournament’s co-host made two changes to their playing eleven with Shayan Jahangir replacing Patel and Shadley van Schalkwyk is in for left-arm spinner Nosthush Kenjige. “We will bowl first. It has played better in the last two games, but you need to assess the conditions quickly and then let the game take over. It’s all about constantly getting better and keeping the momentum going. It’s important to do the right things. That was a great game to play, we didn’t have enough runs on the board, but the bowlers came to the party and won the game for us. We’re playing the same team,” Rohit said at the toss.USA’s stand-in skipper Jones said they were looking to play some good cricket and the camp is very positive.“We would have bowled first as well, there’s some help for the bowlers early. He’s having a niggle and should be back quickly. It should be a good game and we’re looking to play well. The camp is very positive, just looking to play some good cricket. Shayan Jahangir replaces Monank and Shadley is in for Nosthush,” Jones said.

T20 World Cup: Impending ‘epic’ India vs USA match spins hilarious memes

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India and USA will be going head to head after both teams emerged undefeated across all its Group A matches at the currently ongoing men’s cricket T20 World Cup. The American cricket team found itself in the spotlight following its edge-of-the-seat thrilling victory against the seasoned Pakistani cricket team in Dallas, on June 6. Indian-origin cricketer Saurabh Netrvalkar bowled over cricket fans with his super over which led team USA to victory. With India having its own charged and torrid cricket history with Pakistan, fans will now soon be glued to their screen of choice to see who emerges victorious. The India vs USA match will go live at 8 pm on June 12 Memes galore ahead of USA vs India match The India vs USA match is set to take place at New York City’s Nassau County International Cricket Stadium at 8PM IST. While Monank Patel is captaining the American team, Rohit Sharma is leading the charge for team India. The much anticipated showdown will determine which of the two teams moves ahead in the keynote tournament. Additionally, if India wins the match, they will secure a place for themselves in the Super 8 owing to their enviable net run rate. Even before the match commences memes have flooded the internet, many of which are anticipating a win for India against USA. Now catch your favourite game on Crickit. Anytime Anywhere. Find out how A few of the memes are also forecasting team USA feeling the heat as it gears up to go ahead against India, considering the latter’s mammoth international cricket cred. All eyes appear to be on batter Suryakumar Yadav, affably called SKY, who is expected to supercharge India to its forecasted victory against the States. Though there are many who are already convinced with regards to India’s victory over the USA in the match, there are still a few meme-appeals for the former to go a little easy on the latter so as to not shake their net run rate. Almost half the American cricket team is actually Indian Right off the bat, pun intended, the USA team is led by Indian cricketer Monank Patel. As a matter of fact, 7 of the 15 men on the team are of Indian origin, with 2 having Pakistani roots. This team build-up has a meme base of its own. The India vs USA T20 World Cup group stage match will be streaming live on Star Sports and DD Sports. Get World Cup ready with Crick-it! From live scores to match stats, catch all the action here. Explore now! See more News / HTCity / T20 World Cup: Impending ‘epic’ India vs USA match spins hilarious memes

‘Suddenly you see Rohit Sharma at toss…’: USA’s Indian-origin players have mixed feelings before World Cup match

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As many as seven players in the USA T20 World Cup squadare either born in India or have grown up here. Two of them – Saurabh Netravalkar and Harmeet Singh have even represented India at the U19 World Cup. Batter Milind Kumar has played over 100 first-class and List-A games for Delhi and Sikkim. The others – left-arm spinner Nosthush Kenjige, captain Monank Patel, fast bowler Jasdeep Singh, and left-arm spinner Nisarg Patel- have played age-group or club-level cricket in India. Nosthush Kenjige (C) of the United States celebrates with captain Monank Patel(AFP) They have played a huge role in making the USA a side to reckon with. USA have already made heads turn at this T20 World Cup by beating Canada and Pakistan. They are sitting at the second spot in Group A and need to win one of their remaining two group games to qualify for the Super 8 stage in the West Indies. Their next opponent, India, will be a different ballgame altogether. Not just because they are the strongest team in the group and one of the contenders to lift the trophy but also because many of the USA squad members once harboured the dream of representing India at this level. Now catch your favourite game on Crickit. Anytime Anywhere. Find out how “Team India, welcome to the United States of America. If we play our best game, we can sort of compete against top cricketers. So we’ll try to take one game at a time and not get overwhelmed by the star-studded team players and try to bowl to a batsman or bat against a bowler. We’ll try to keep it simple,” said Netravalkar. “You dream about this kind of thing and suddenly you see yourself with Rohit Sharma on the toss time. It’s unreal. It’ll be a high-pressure game. Honestly, we don’t want to focus too much from right now. We want to play the brand of cricket. We want to play against all the teams,” said USA’s Gujarat-born captain Monank Patel. “Growing up, I used to look up at Rohit Sharma. Rohit comes from my school. I’ll take things as it comes. Sanju Samson and Kuldeep Yadav, I have played under 19 with them in India. Axar Patel, I’ve played with him as well. So, it’ll be fun catching up and playing against as well,” said Harmeet Singh. “Obviously, we look forward. When we grew up, we were looking forward to play for the country, but things changed, and now we are playing against them. But on the ground, there are no friends. you’re there to win,” said Milind Kumar. “When I was in India, I wanted to put on the Indian jersey, but as you grow up and life happens to you, you just move to a different country. And now the next best thing you can do is play against India. So I would take this anyway ten out of ten times. I think it’s a massive opportunity as a kid growing up, you want to be in the World Cup, sits here. So, yeah, I think nothing to be more just looking forward to it,” said Nosthush Kenjige.

‘You play fire with fire…’: Pakistan born-Ali Khan on playing against Virat Kohli in India-USA T20 World Cup match | Cricket News

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NEW DELHI: With India set to take on co-hosts USA in their T20 World Cup match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, interesting match-ups are on the cards.Ahead of the match on Wednesday, the host broadcaster shared a video of US cricketers Saurabh Netravalkar, captain Monank Patel, Harmeet Singh, Ali Khan and Corey Anderson talking about taking on India.T20 WORLD CUP: SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLEWelcoming Team India to the USA, Saurabh Netravalkar says, “If we play our best game, we can sort of compete against top cricketers. We will try to take one game at a time and not get overwhelmed by the star-studded players and will try to bowl against a batsman and bat against a bowler. Try to keep it simple.”US captain Monank Patel remarks, “You dream about these kinds of things. Suddenly you see yourself with Rohit Sharma on the toss time. It’s unreal. It will be a high-pressure game, we don’t want to focus too much on them right now. We want to play the brand of cricket we want to play against all the teams.”Harmeet Singh adds, “Growing up I used to look up to Rohit Sharma. Rohit comes from my school. I’ll take things as they come. With Sanju (Samson), Kuldeep (Yadav) I have played U-19 for India. Axar (Patel) I have played with him. It’ll be fun catching up with them and playing against them.”US pacer Ali Khan, who was born in Pakistan, added fuel to the rivalry by saying, “Virat Kohli has always been one of the favourites and coming up against him and playing against him, it will be really really good. He is very passionate on the field but so am I. On the field if things get heated up then they get heated up. I mean you play fire with fire. He’s right up there. They call him King Kohli for a reason.”Corey Anderson, who has played international cricket for New Zealand concludes, “That’s the beauty of playing against India. You know that you’re going to have millions and millions of eyes on you and you know they are against you. There are familiar foes that I have faced and played against. You have done this before and there is evidence to suggest that you can do it again.” With two victories in as many games, the USA squad has been dominating the T20 World Cup. The Indian team, which the US team has never played in any format, is packed with IPL superstars.Among the USA team, five were Indian natives. The team’s India-born players include Ronak Patel, Nisarg Patel, Saurabh Netravalkar, Harmeet Singh, and Milind Kumar. In the one and only IPL match he took part in, Harmeet Singh dismissed Ross Taylor for Rajasthan Royals, that was then led by the present India head coach Rahul Dravid.