IND vs USA highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Suryakumar Yadav makes all difference as India win by 29 runs

Some hitting by the USA batter in the final over of the game but its too late. A wicket on the final ball for Mohammed Siraj. USA finish at 132/8. India win by 29 runs to start the campaign on a positive note.

Rohit Sharma and Mukesh Ambani enjoy the India vs USA clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

OUTTT!!! Arshdeep Singh is doing what he does the best. Mohammad Mohsin holes out to Tilak Varma as India inch towards a opening win.

USA 110-7 (17.4)

OUTTT!!!! Another American batter bites the dust. Sanjay Krishnamurthi tries to go over the top against Axar Patel, but is caught by Rinku Singh. Krishnamurthi departs for 37. Harmeet Singh coms out to bat and holes out to Mohammed Siraj first ball. Axar is on a hattrick.

USA 98/6 (15.3)

This is the 14th consecutive innings that Varun Chakravarthy has got a wicket in T20Is. And he takes another. Shubham Ranjane comes out of the crease and goes for the slog, but misses the line. Umpire raises his finger but Shubham immediately goes up. Replays show the ball has touched the bat. USA need more than double the balls left now. Singles and two wikll not help them. Ranjane ends the over with a huge six.

USA 98-4 (15)

The slow bowlers have certainly tightened the grip over USA, thus stemming the run flow. Meanwhile Sanjay Krishnamurthi and Milind Kumar are fighting out in the middle with a fifty-run stand. India need to break the stand soon. OUTTT!!! Funny stumping it is from Ishan Kishan. Milind misses the ball completely. Kishan fumbles while collecting the ball on his first attempt. Despite seeing the ball at Kishan's hand, Milind comes out of the crease, thus allowing Kishan to complete the stumping. Varun Chakaravarthy strikes.

USA 71-4 (12)

Perfect start for India in the powerplay. The hosts have taken the first three wickets and it will be interesting to see how these batters tackle Varun Chakaravarthy and Axar Patel now. Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya are yet to bowl. Chakaravarthy comes into the attack. Just five runs of his first over.

USA 36/3 (7)

OUTTTTT!!!!!! Another USA wicket falls inside the powerplay. Saiteja Mukkamalla tries to go over the mid-wicket region but Varun Chakaravarthy was at the right position to take the catch. Mohammed Siraj takes his second.

USA 14-3 (3.4)

OUTTT!!! Two wickets in two overs for India. Monank Patel tries to flick a Arshdeep Singh delivery, gets an outside edge only for Shivam Dube to take an easy catch at mid off. Perfect start for India. The USA skipper goes back for zero. Milind Kumar comes out.

USA 12/2 ()

Mohammed Siraj comes into the attack. BANGGG! First runs from the bat for USA as Andries Gous sends Siraj over the bowler's head for huge six. OUTTTTT!!!!!! Gous slices to points fielder Tilak Varma. Siraj draws first blood for India. Captain Monank Patel comes to the crease.

USA 11/1 (2)

Andreas Gous and Saiteja Mukkamalla walk out to bat for USA. Arshdeep Singh will open the attack. Notably, it was Arshdeep's 4/9 that detroyed the same opposition in the 2024 edition in New York. Just two runs come from the first over.

USA 2/0 ()

Suryakumar Yadav's 84 not out is the second-highest score by a captain in his first match as a skipper in T20 World Cup. Chris Gayle's 88 against Australia in 2009 edition is still the highest.

Meanwhile, 0/65 by Saurab netravalkar is the most expensive figure in a T20 World Cup, surpassing Sanath Jayasuriya’s 0/64 against Pakistan in 2007.

Saurabh Netravalkar to bowl the final over. Suryakumar Yadav starts with a four. SIXXXX! SKY goes down on one knee and scoops it over fine leg for another maximum. Six more for Suryakumar. He hits with the swing over mid off. Goes for the scoop again and four more for Suryakumar. A single and a run out on the last ball. India finish at 161/9 in 20 overs. Suryakumar finishes unbeaten on 84 from 49 balls.

Just a few months ago, there were serious questions on SKY's batting form. A couple of good knocks against New Zealand and in the warm-up has brought vintage Suryakumar in form. Looks like the Indian captain has read our interview with his childhood coach Sulakshan Kulkarni. And just we are writing this, SKY smashes Shadley van Schalkwyk for another four and a six. Van Schalkwyk finishes his spell with the wicket of Arshdeep Singh and figures of 4/25.

IND 140-8 (9)

Ali Khan comes out to bowl the 18th over but stops on his bowling stride. Monank Patel comes running and decides against using him. Ali leaves the field with a groin injury. Meanwhile, SKY reaches his 50 with four of Shubham Ranjane.

OUTTT!!! Axar Patel slogs towards deep mid wicket but doesn't middle the ball. It comes off the bottom of the bat as Mohammad Mohsin takes the catch. Harmeet Singh is ecstatic. Arshdeeo Singh comes out to bat and finishes the over with a four.

IND 122/7 (17)

Saurabh Netravalkar returns into the attack. Axar Patel welcomes him with two boundaries on consecutive balls. Welcome runs for India. Looks like Ali Khan has injured his groin while fielding. The Pakistan-born runs and slides for stop the ball, but gets his knee stuck on the surface and lands on the turf awkwardly. The physio is out and takes Ali out of the ground. Third four in the over for India and this time its Suryakumar Yadav, who pulls the ball from wide of off stump onto the leg side boundary. The Indian captain finishes the over with a huge six. Big over for India.

IND 115-6 (16)

The pitch is challenging to bat on. The ball isn't coming on nicely and the uneven turn, extra bounce and grip sometimes is putting the batters into trouble. Something around 150 would be a tough run chase for USA in the second innings. Both Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel can hit big and they need to be there till the end.

IND 94/6 (15)

OUTTT!!! Another Indian bites the dust. Rinku Singh hits flat, but the bat turns on his hand tries to go over the top but the bat turns in his hand and he holes out to Milind Kumar. OUTTT!!! Another wicket in the next over. This time its Hardik Pandya. The Indian all-rounder goes for the big slog but it goes straight at the hands of Saiteja Mukkamalla.

IND 77/6 (12.4)

Suryakumar Yadav eases the pressure with a couple of fours off Shubham Ranjane. DROPPEDDD!!! Ranjane almost takes the return catch but couldn't close his hands on time as it was on his follow-through. This is the sixth time in all T20Is and second time in a T20 World Cup that India has lost four wickets in the powerplay after 2016.

IND 70-4 (11)

Massive wicket for USA and Shadley van Schalkwyk as Tilak Varma miscues a pull shot only for Monank Patel to take a clean catch. India have lost their top three inside the powerplay. OUTTT!!!! Another wicket in the last ball of the powerplay. The slower ball does the trick as Shivam Dube gets a top edge only for Saurabh Netravalkar to take the catch. Three wickets in the over for Van Schalkwyk.

IND 46/4 (6)

OUTTT!!! Shadley van Schalkwyk returns for the second over as strikes. Ishan Kishan smashes flat straight at the hands of mid-off as Milind Kumar makes no mistake. Kishan goes back for 20.

IND 45/2 (5.2)

DROPPEDDD!!! Shubham Ranjane drops a sitter off Ishan Kishan. The Indian opener slices hard only for backward point fielder to grab the catch. But Ranjane drops the easiest of chances. Ali Khan hides his face. The dropped chance cost USA as Kishan finishes the over with a beatiful four on the off side and a power-packed flick on the leg side for a six.

IND 44-1 (5)

The plan is simple for India. While Tilak Varma is going after the bowlers, Ishan Kishan will play the anchor's role before opening his arms. DROPPEDD!!! Tilak goes hard straight at Shadley van Schalkwyk and it has been put down. The good thing is the ball didn't hit any part of his head or face.

IND 33/1 (4)

BANGGGG!!! Tilak Varma goes down the pitch to send Saurabh Netravalkar straight into the stands. Four more added to the total as Tilak flicks one off the pads towards the fine leg fence. Tilak ends the over with another boundary as India take 16 runs from the over.

IND 25-1 (3)

OUTTT!!!! First ball duck for Abhishek Sharma. Ali Khan bangs on good length and Abhishek lofts on the rise. But he didn't get the elevation as Sanjay Krishnamurthi was perfectly placed at deep cover to take a simple catch. Ali strikes early. Just two runs come from the over.

IND 9/1 (2)

The Indian openers Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma walk out in the middle. Saurabh Netravalkar will open the attack for USA in front a packed Wankhede where started his cricket as a kid. He must be feeling his emotions. After four tight balls, Kishan breaks the shackles with a half scoop and half pull. The southpaw sits on one leg and sends the ball over deep backward square leg.

IND 7/0 (1)

The players of both teams walk out in the middle for the National Anthems. Rohit Sharma, tournament Brand Ambassador, brings the T20 World Cup trophy which he won in 2024. USA go first, followed by India.

Monank Patel: We are going to bowl first. Looks a good surface. High-scoring ground, so we will look to hunt it down. World Cup is one of the biggest stages for us. Lot of expectations from the US so we will look to do well. We played a couple of warmup games at the DY patil and we had a good run there. We have 6 batters, 2 all rounders and 3 bowlers.

Suryakumar Yadav: We were looking to bat first. It looks good here. I played a lot of cricket here. There's a wind around as well, so I don't think there'll be a lot of dew later on. Of course there'll be a little bit of pressure. We can't run away from that fact, but then new tournament, we want to play the same way how we've been playing in the last one or two years and continue the same thing. It's live before the game starts and I'm sure when we start batting, it will be more wilder. We have Washington Sundar missing out, Sanju Samson missing out. Unfortunately Jasprit Bumrah is not well so Mohammed Siraj is playing.

Suryakumar Yadav and Monank Patel are in the middle for the coin toss. Rohit Sharma passes by and SKY doesn't miss to shake a hand with the former skipper. Meanwhile, Monank wins the toss and opt to field first.

Here comes the star of the night. Rohit Sharma takes the T20 World Cup trophy and walks in the middle along with Jay Shah. The whole stadium erupts in cheers.

The T20 World Cup 2026 opening ceremony gets underway with a musical medley from sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma and legendary percussionist Sivamani. Such a treat to ears. Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah also in the house. The Indian and USA players watch the show from the dressing room balconies.

The T20 World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony will have some of the biggest names from the entertainment industry. The event will begin with a musical medley from sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma and legendary percussionist Sivamani. It will be followed by rapper Badshah and Bollywood dancer-actor Nora Fatehi.

Mumbai Cha Raja is here at Wankhede stadium along with ICC chairman. Having retired from the T20Is after leading the team to glory in 2024, Rohit has been named as the Brand Ambassador of the T20 World Cup 2026.

Today's game at the Wankhede Stadium will be nostalgic for a few USA players. The likes of Harmeet Singh and Saurabh Netravalkar have started their cricketing careers at this very venue before moving to USA. In fact, Harmeet played Ranji Trophy for Mumbai at the same time when current India captain Suryakumar Yadav started his journey for the senior Mumbai side.

As far as Netravalkar is concerned, he was a part of the Indian team at the U19 World Cup in 2010 alongside the likes of KL Rahul, Jaydev Unadkat and Mayank Agarwal, who all played for India.

Playing their second consecutive T20 World Cup, USA are no pushovers. On debut in 2024 at home, USA defeated Pakistan in a Super Over and nearly pulled off a win against India. In the current edition, USA gave a good account of themselves during the warm-ups with 200-plus scores against India A and New Zealand.

One of the biggest positives for India has been the return of form of captain Suyakumar Yadav and the rebirth of Ishan Kishan. With Sanju Samson likely to be benched after a string of poor shows, it is highly likely that Kishan will open the batting with Abhishek Sharma. That means, Tilak Varma, who has returned back after an abdominal surgery, will bat at no.4, followed by SKY.

Not just India, but Team USA has also been hit by an unfortunate injury. Vice-captain Jasdeep Singh hurt his shoulder while fielding against New Zealand in the warm-up game. He was immediately taken to hospital for scans and returned with his hand resting on a sling. This website reached out to the USA camp, but to no avail. It is highly likely that Jasdeep will miss the game in Mumbai.

India have been hit by injuries before the tournament began. Hashit Rana was ruled out due to a knee injury while Washington Sundar is yet to get a clearance certificate from the BCCI's CoE. To add more to that Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to play today as he is down with fever. Mohammed Siraj has been roped in as a replacement for Rana. The good news for India is Tilak Varma's return after the injury.

India have been in tremendous form in the leadup to the tournament. They defeated New Zealand 4-1 in the T20I series and also defeated South Africa during the warm-ups. Clearly, the Men in Blue enter the game as clear favourites.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the India vs USA clash in Mumbai.