America and Canada will settle 180 years old accounts: T20 World Cup opening match today, 10 Indian cricketers in both teams

The Ashes is considered to be the oldest rivalry in cricket, but there is an animosity that is even older than that. This is between Canada and America. The match between these two countries is considered to be the beginning of international cricket.

In September 1844, New York’s Manhattan Cricket Stadium was packed with people. The match lasted three days and Canada defeated the US by 23 runs.

After 180 years, both the teams will face each other again in the cricket stadium of Dallas. That time it was the international debut of both the teams and now it is the T20 World Cup debut. The T20 World Cup is going to start with the match between America and Canada. Even though Canada had won then, but now America is stronger. The records are also in America’s favor.

America is trying to establish its presence on the world cricket map. Hosting the World Cup is a part of that effort. Canada would like to start with a win in world cricket like it did 180 years ago.

Before knowing about both the teams, match details…

Match Number- 1 : Canada Vs America
June 2, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Dallas
Toss- 5:30 AM, Match start- 6 AM.

Canada has won only 2 matches against USA in T-20 International

Importance of the match- The T20 World Cup will begin with a match between Canada and the USA. Both teams are playing their first World Cup. The first match of the World Cup will be played at Grand Prairie. The winning team will open its account in the points table.

Roll of the toss- The team winning the toss here would like to bat first. The average score on this ground is 180, which means a high scoring contest can be seen in the opening match of the World Cup.

Last encounter: The match took place 2 months ago, the hero was Nitish Kumar of America
The last encounter between the two took place on 13 April 2024 in New York. In which America defeated Canada by 4 wickets. Canada batted first and gave a target of 169 runs.

America achieved this target in the 20th over. Nitish Kumar was the hero of this match. He played an innings of 64 runs in 38 balls. This innings included 4 fours and 4 sixes.

Nitish shared a 104-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Corey Anderson. Anderson scored 55 runs. The same Corey Anderson who used to be the best all-rounder of the New Zealand cricket team. He is now in the US team.

Player of the match Nitish Kumar scored 64 runs to help America win the match.

Nitish Kumar has played for both America and Canada
Nitish Kumar played the 2010 Under-19 World Cup for Canada. In the same year, he made his ODI debut at the age of 16. He is the second youngest player to debut in international cricket. In the 2011 World Cup, he was the youngest player to participate in the tournament. He made his T20 debut at the age of 17 and 5 years later in 2016, he became the captain of the team.

After playing for Canada for 10 years, Nitish started playing in the minor league of America in 2021. In 2024, he made his debut for America against Canada. By playing a half-century inning in his debut match, he helped America win the series 4-0.

Taylor is USA’s top scorer in T20 International, Saad is Canada’s top wicket taker

Players to Watch…

Weather Report- There is a 40 percent chance of rain in Dallas on the day of the match. The temperature on the field will be 30 degrees during the match.

Possible Playing 11

USA- Monank Patel(captain), Aaron Jones, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir.

Canada- Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Dilon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Nicholas Kirton, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilpreet Bajwa, Shreyas Movva and Rishiv Joshi.