India started their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav against the United States of America (USA) at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai with pure dominance with the ball. They were rocked back early in the game to be restricted at 77/6 before their captain bailed them out of trouble.

Post the victory, it was announced that the entire blue brigade, along with the coaching stuff, will have a team dinner at the residence of their head coach, Gautam Gambhir, since their next game will be on February 12 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi against Namibia before they travel to the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium for the clash against Pakistan on February 15.

See Also: Watch: George Dockrell dismisses Pavan Rathnayake uniquely during SL vs IRE T20 WC 2026

The Indian side looked in a great mood as Morne Morkel, the bowling coach, their all-rounder, Hardik Pandya, their fielding coach, T Dilip, their batting coach, Shitanshu Kotak, were seen to be welcomed by the Gambhir family outside the gate as they made their way into the house from the team bus.

Team India joins dinner in Gautam Gambhir's residence in T20 WC 2026 

India ended with 161 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs, with their captain smashing a fine knock of 84 runs in 49 balls at a strike rate of 171.43, smashing 10 boundaries and four sixes.

Watch the video here: 

#WATCH | Members of the Indian T20 cricket team arrive at the residence of Indian Cricket Team Head Coach Gautam Gambhir in Delhi.

Gautam Gambhir is hosting a special dinner for the team https://t.co/VQ2symRZ2M pic.twitter.com/tXgiuAwN6D

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2026

The United States was restricted to 132 runs for the loss of eight wickets as their three batters in the middle order got starts and made their way to 30+ knocks, but none of them were able to cross the 50-run mark and ended up losing the contest by 29 runs.

“I knew definitely someday it was going to come. Last whole year, I was trying to bat in such a way, hold the innings for the team, but it wasn't happening. But then I left it alone after I played the last series of last year against South Africa. Packed my kit bag, spent a lot of time with family for two weeks,” Sky told after the end of the game.