Watch: Suryakumar Yadav’s fifty rescues India against USA in T20 World Cup 2026

Even in their nightmare, India didn’t expect themselves to go down for 77/6 in the 13th over of the innings, especially against an Associate Nation, having impressed the world with their aggressive batting since the end of the last T20 World Cup. But they didn’t have an answer against the disciplined bowling attack of the United States of America (USA) side. 

Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, no one stood tall as India found themselves 46/4 inside the powerplay, losing their top order like a pack of cards. Ishan Kishan got 20 runs in 16 balls while Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a golden duck in the very second over of the innings, as was Shivam Dube, who was foxed by the slower ball.

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But Sky rescued the home side with a fine half-century. The right-handed batter picked up the slower delivery from Saurabh Netravalkar and found the third-man region for a boundary before backing his power and finding the gap over the deep mid-wicket region for a massive six to get the roar of the crowd back.

Suryakumar Yadav gets fifty in IND vs USA T20 WC 2026

With a boundary that the Mumbai-born executed by making room into the off-side, Suryakumar Yadav celebrated his fifty as the entire Wankhede stood on their feet to praise the knock from the Indian captain, who, in the penultimate over, used his power and went over the in-field for a massive four.

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Two balls later, he swept the bowler, Van Schalkwk, over the cow corner for a massive six, which was a jaw-dropping shot as the ball went high in the air and sailed over the ropes for a massive six. It was a great execution from the batter to time it from outside the off-stump and used the power.

India finished with 161 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs as Sky remained unbeaten on 84 runs in just 40 deliveries with the help of 10 boundaries and four sixes at a strike rate of 171.43, with the next best score in the scorecard came from Tilak Varma, who made 25 runs in 16 balls.

Brief Scores: IND 161/9 (Suryakumar Yadav 84*, Shadley van Schalkwyk 4/25) vs USA.