India vs USA, T20 World Cup 2026 LIVE Score: Rinku Singh Goes Back, India In Complete Disarray

USA bowlers are at the top at this moment and India are in dire need of a good partnership.

A slower delivery and Tilak Varma goes for an early pull. Doesn't get the timing right and Netravalkar takes an easy catch at short fine leg.

Tilak Varma goes for a pull and mistimes it completely. USA captain Monank Patel has an easy catch at mid-wicket.

Goes for a straight shot, and the ball goes to mid off. The player doesn't make a mistake this time and Ishan Kishan has to depart.

Tries for a cut and it goes straight to a backward point. But Ranjane fails to grab the ball as it comes very quickly.

Indian batters are trying to take the pressure off by finding boundaries at regular interval.

Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan have managed to shrug off the initial hiccups and they need to forge a good partnership.

Tilak Varma has smashed a six and a four in consecutive balls.

Abhishek Sharma lofts it over the cover, but it goes straight to Krishnamurthi, who is stationed at deep cover.

Ishan Kishan bends his knee and rolls his hand to smash a six over deep-square leg.

India have a left-left opening combination as Ishan Kishan is opeing the batting with Abhishek Sharma.

USA ambassador Sergio Gor is present at the Wankhede Stadium.

Abhishek Sharma is making his T20 World Cup debut for India.

Andries Gous(w), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Monank Patel(c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar.

Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah have missed out and Tilak Varma and Mohammed Siraj have come in.

USA have won the toss and will bowl first against India in the T20 World Cup 2026 Group A match.

Rohit Sharma has walked in with the T20 World Cup trophy alongside ICC chairman Jay Shah.

Rishab Rikhiram Sharma is performing in the T20 World Cup 2026 opening ceremony.

India have won 33 out of the 41 matches they have played after the T20 World Cup 2024 final.

The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium is likely to provide a good platform for the batters, while the bowlers will also get some assistance. Toss could play a crucial role.

Washington Sundar hasn't regained his fitness and he is currently recovering from a side strain. But he has remained with the squad, and the Men In Blue are unlikely to replace him as it stands.

Suryakumar Yadav is ready to lead India for the first time in the T20 World Cup and that too on home soil. BCCI has posted a video just a few hours before India and USA face off against each other.

 

The Men In Blue have gone on to win nine T20I series on a trot and have not lost a single T20I series since the IND vs SA T20 World Cup 2024 final.

Ishan Kishan opened the innings for India in the warm up game against South Africa while Tilak Varma has also regained his fitness, raising a question on Sanjuu Samson's place in the team.

Jasprit Bumrah's availibility ahead of the T20 World Cup opener and the Men In Blue are likely to be without the pacer against the USA.

Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2026 after he suffered an injury during India's warm-up game against South Africa. Mohammed Siraj has replaced him in the squad.

Defending champions India will likely face a strong challenge when they host the USA in a Group A fixture at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.