USA vs CAN T20 World Cup 2024 Preview: Dream11, head-to-head, pitch report, predicted XIs & more

The ninth edition of the T20 World Cup is set to kick off with the United States (USA) taking on Canada (CAN) in the tournament's first match on Sunday, June 2. This exciting encounter will be held at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas. This is the first time the T20 World Cup is being held in North America. 

As we gear up for the match, let's delve into the Dream11 predictions, pitch report, weather report, predicted playing XIs, and more. 

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USA vs CAN: Head-to-Head Stats

The United States holds an edge over Canada in T20Is, winning five out of the seven matches between the two teams, while Canada has won twice.

USA vs CAN: Pitch Report

This will be the first international match at Grand Prairie Stadium. However, the ground has hosted 12 games during the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2023 season, revealing it to be a good batting track with a slight advantage for teams batting first.

Grand Prairie Stadium Stats (T20s)

Matches: 12

Teams batting first won: 8

Teams batting second won: 4

Average first innings score: 167

Average second innings score: 144

Highest first innings total: 215 by San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York

Highest total chased down: 184 by MI New York vs Seattle Orcas

USA vs CAN: Predicted Playing XIs

United States' Predicted Playing XI: Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (c, wk), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar

Canada's Predicted Playing XI: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Rayyan Pathan, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar (c), Nikhil Dutta, Dilon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Kaleem Sana

USA vs CAN: Dream11 fantasy team picks

Wicket-keeper: Monank Patel

Batter: Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh (vc), Aaron Johnson, Aaron Jones

All-rounder: Dilon Heyliger, Corey Anderson (c), Steven Taylor 

Bowler: Harmeet Singh, Ali Khan, Kaleem Sana 

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USA vs CAN: Winner prediction

The United States cricket team is favourite to win the T20 World Cup 2024 opener against Canada considering their home advantage. USA recently won the bilateral series against a full-member ICC side Bangladesh, which will give them a lot of confidence. 

USA vs CAN: Squads

United States: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir.

Reserve Players: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.

Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Kaleem Sana, Dilon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilpreet Bajwa, Shreyas Movva, Rishiv Joshi.

Reserve Players: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar