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In the third match of T-20 World Cup 2026, the Indian cricket team made a great start to the tournament by defeating the USA cricket team by 29 runs. In the match held at Wankhede Stadium, the host team, batting first, scored 161/9, in which captain Suryakumar scored unbeaten 84 runs. In reply, the USA team could only score 132/8 after playing the entire over. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
In this way the match was interesting
India lost 4 wickets for 46 runs till the powerplay. Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma (0), Ishan Kishan (20), Tilak Verma (25) and Shivam Dubey (0) were out. In the hour of crisis, Suryakumar played captaincy innings and took the team to a respectable score. In reply, USA lost 3 wickets for just 13 runs. Amidst the continuous falling of wickets, Shubham Ranjane (37) and Sanjay Krishnamurthy (37) struggled, but could not win.
Abhishek made this unwanted record
cricbuzz According to , Abhishek has now become the second Indian player to be out on a ‘golden duck’ in his T20 World Cup debut. Before him, former fast bowler Ashish Nehra was also out on a golden duck. Overall, Abhishek is the 5th Indian to be out for zero in T-20 World Cup debut. Before him, Gautam Gambhir, Nehra, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Hooda have also been out on zero.
Suryakumar completed 1,000 T-20 international runs as captain
Suryakumar scored unbeaten 84 runs (fours- 10, sixes- 10) in 49 balls. As captain, he completed his 1,000 runs in T-20 International. He became the third captain from India to do so. Let us tell you that while leading in 62 T20 Internationals, Rohit Sharma had scored 1,905 runs with a strike rate of 149.76. Indian legend Virat Kohli led the team in 50 T20 Internationals, scoring 1,570 runs at a strike rate of 140.55.
other records
Suryakumar made these other records
In the history of T20 World Cup, Suryakumar has now become the second highest scorer in the debut innings as captain. In this matter, Chris Gayle (88 vs Australia, 2009) is ahead of him. Suryakumar became the second highest innings scorer in T20 International as Indian captain. Rohit (92 vs Australia, 2024) is ahead of him in this list. Suryakumar also completed his 500 runs in the T20 World Cup.
bowling
Shadley van Schalkwyk gave his best bowling performance
Schalkwick took 4 wickets for 25 runs. Shalkvik has now become the second bowler from the associate country to take 3 wickets in an over against a full member team in the T20 World Cup. Before him, UAE’s Karthik Meiyappan had done this against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup 2022. Similarly, this performance of Shalkvik is the best performance for USA in the T20 World Cup. He has left Noshtush Kenzige (3/30 vs Pakistan, 2024) behind.
Saurabh Netrawalkar made this unwanted record
USA fast bowler Saurabh Netrawalkar gave 65 runs in his quota of 4 overs without taking any wicket. He became the bowler who conceded the highest runs in a match in the T20 World Cup. He broke the record of Sanath Jayasuriya (0/64 vs Pakistan, 2007).
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Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets
Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets while giving 29 runs. Arshdeep Singh bowled excellently. He took 2 wickets while giving 18 runs in his 4 overs. Varun Chakraborty gave 24 runs in his 4 overs. This spinner got 1 success. Indian vice-captain Akshar Patel achieved 2 successes while giving 24 runs in his 4 overs. Hardik Pandya could not take any wicket. He gave 34 runs in his 4 overs.

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