Aaron Jones created history for USA cricket by chasing down the third-most-highest run in T20 World Cup history. Jones individually scored 94 runs in just 43 balls, which was enough to beat down Canada.

In the opening match USA vs CAN of the T20 World Cup 2024, Cricket fans witnessed the iconic run chase by the USA. Canada did everything it could to win but they failed to stop the storm called Aaron Jones.

USA vs CAN: 1st Innings Highlights

Both Canada openers set the stage for the middle-order batsmen. Both openers played aggressive cricket from starting. As a result, Navneet Dhaliwal scored his first World Cup fifty for Canada in just 39 balls. Aaron Johnson also played a supportive innings for his team, as he contributed with 23 run in just 16 balls.

USA vs CAN: Middle-order finished the un-finished work for Canada

After the wicket of a well-set batter, Navneet Dhaliwal Canada’s middle order continuously maintains the run rate. As a result, Canada scores the first almost 200 runs in the opening match of the T20 World Cup 2024.

Nicholas Kirton and Shreyas Movva did not fail to match the demand for boundaries. These two batsmen scored 9 boundaries after powerplay overs.

Nicholas Kirton scored the second fifty for Canada in just 31 balls, with a strike rate of 165.52, including 3 fours and 2 sixes. But got out in search of boundaries for his team.

Shreyas Movva remained not out till the end, as he scored 32 runs in just 16 balls with a strike rate of 200, including 2 fours and 2 sixes.

USA vs CAN 2nd innings Highlights

 

Early wicket for Canada, got the early wickets of two openers

Canada got their first wicket, Steven Taylor departed early in this match. Kaleem Sana picked up the first wicket for Canada.

Monank Patel struggled to middle the ball with the bat as he departed after Steven scored just 16 runs. USA  seemed in the back seat, for a while. Canada already started celebrating their first victory in the World Cup.

Andries Gous and Aaron Jones steal the show

After the early two wickets USA looked scattered, but there was a twist in this match. Andries Gous & Aaron Jones started the counter-attack on Canadian bowlers. With their aggressive batting, Canada slipped the match from their grip. Andries and Aaron built a hundred-run partnership for USA, in this opening match.

Anderies Gous scored 65 in just 46 balls with a strike rate of 414.30. He smashed 7 fours and 3 sixes. This showed maturity and also set an example that you can score runs by boundaries also, with 4s no need to take risks, risk-free cricket.

Aaron Jones Hit 10 sixes highest for an individual in this USA vs CAN opening match. He smashed 60 runs with boundaries only, including 10 sixes and 4 fours.

In just 17.4 overs USA chased down the target of 194 and wrote history for the third-highest successful run chase.

USA vs CAN Opening T20 Wc Match Preview

USA vs CAN Scorecard

Canada Innings

BATSMAN	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
Aaron Johnson	23	16	4	5	143.75
Navneet Dhaliwal	61	44	6	3	138.64
Pargat Singh	5	7	0	0	71.43
Nicholas Kirton	51	31	3	2	164.52
Shreyas Movva	32	16	2	2	200
Dilpreet Singh	11	5	1	1	220
Dillon Heyliger	1	1	0	0	100

BOWLERS	Runs	Wickets	Overs
Ali Khan	41	1	4
Netravalkar	16	0	2
Harmeet Singh	27	1	4
Jessy Singh	24	0	3
Van  Schalkwyk	34	0	3
Steven Taylor	15	0	1
CJ Anderson	29	1	3

USA Innings

BATSMAN	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
Steven Taylor	0	2	0	0	0
Monank Patel	16	16	2	0	100
Andries Gous	65	46	7	3	141.30
Aaron Jones	94	40	4	10	235.00
Corey Anderson	3	5	0	0	60

BOWLERS	Runs	Wickets	Overs
Kaleem Sana	34	1	4
Jeremy Gordon	44	0	3
Dillon Heyliger	19	1	3
Saad Bin Zafar	42	0	4
Nikhil Dutta	41	1	2.4
Pargat Singh	15	0	1

USA vs CAN: Player Of the Match

For the impressive batting performance, Aaron Jones got the Player of the Match award.