At the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, the United States secured their first victory of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 thanks to Aaron Jones's blistering knock and Andries Gous's timely half-century.
In the opening game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Canada batted magnificently to register 194 for 5 against the USA after being asked to bat first.
Canada maintained their momentum because of fifties from Navneet Dhaliwal (61 off 44 balls) and Nicholas Kirton (51 off 31 balls), and they were able to compile a formidable total at the end thanks to a 16-ball 32 cameo from Shreyas Movva. Movva gave Canada's innings the much-needed boost with 21 runs in the last over.
For the United States of America, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, and Ali Khan each claimed a wicket. The USA's best chase in Twenty20 Internationals was 169, so if they want to make history on the first night of this huge event, they will have to do some serious damage. Canada's 194/5, which beat Netherlands vs. Ireland's 193/4 in 2014, is now the highest total by an associate side at the men's T20 World Cup.