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In the 21st match of the T-20 World Cup 2026, USA cricket team batsman Saiteja Mukkamalla batted brilliantly against the Netherlands cricket team and played a half-century (79). This was the sixth half-century of his T20 international career and the first against Netherlands, which he completed in 30 balls. This is his first half-century in the T20 World Cup. Thanks to his innings, the USA team was successful in scoring 196/6. Let us know their statistics.
Such was Mukkamalla’s innings and partnership.
Mukkamalla faced 51 balls and scored 79 runs. 5 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 154.90. He made a partnership of 55 runs in 37 balls with captain Monank Patel. Apart from this, Shubham along with Ranjane added 54 runs in just 35 balls. USA got its first blow on 27 runs. Mukkamalla came to bat at number three and played a brilliant innings.
Mukkamalla achieved this feat
Mukkamalla made the third best score for the USA cricket team in the T20 World Cup. Now only Andreas Gaus and Aaron Jones are ahead of him. Gaus played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs against the South African cricket team in the 2024 World Cup. Jones scored an unbeaten 94 runs against the Canadian cricket team in the 2024 World Cup. Jones ranks first on the list.
A look at Mukkamalla’s T20 international career
Mukkamalla played his first T20 international match in the year 2024. He has played 20 matches so far and has managed to score 720 runs in his 20 innings at an excellent average of 42.35 and strike rate of 151.26. He has scored 1 century and 6 half-centuries from his bat. His best score has been 100* runs. This player has scored the most runs (122) against Bermuda.

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