India defeated USA (Photo: PTI)

T20 World Cup 2026: India has started its journey in the T20 World Cup 2026 with a win. He has won his first match against USA. In its first match of the T20 World Cup played at the Wankhede ground in Mumbai, India had set a target of 162 runs for the USA, chasing which the USA stopped 29 runs short of the target. Even after playing 20 overs, the USA team could not embrace victory. The result was that India won and with that victory also got 2 points. The hero of this victory of India was Suryakumar Yadav, who worked to handle the Indian innings in difficult times.

Suryakumar Yadav played match winning innings in difficult times

India batted first in the match played at Wankhede. But, his start was not as expected. Abhishek Sharma returned to the dugout after becoming a golden duck. After the loss of 4 wickets in the powerplay, India's condition started looking bad, in such a situation it was captain Suryakumar Yadav who took charge. Wickets kept falling from the other end but Suryakumar Yadav did not give up his game and remained unbeaten till the end and scored 84 runs in 49 balls. His innings, played at a strike rate of 171.42, included 4 sixes and 10 fours.