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highlights of USA vs Canada 1st Match ICC T20 World Cup 2024 - ICC World Twenty20 International tournament of the 1st T20I match played between Canada and United States of America at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas in 01st June 2024.
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| Aaron Jones and Andries Gous blunted Canada with fifties each © AFP/Getty Images |
Aaron Jones' spectacular show with 40-ball 94* and Andries Gous' superb half-century powers to USA chase the their record target of 195 against Canada by a emphatic 7-wickets and USA registered their historic first win in T20 World Cup in a high-scoring opening match of a T20 World Cup.
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- USA chased 195 was their highest successful run-chase in T20 international cricket history, previous highest chase was 169 against Canada at Prairie View earlier in this year and the third highest successful run-chase in the T20 World Cup.
- Canada's 194 was their joint ninth highest score in T20 international and It is their second highest-score against USA in T20Is after their 199 at Prairie View earlier in this year.
- Navneet Dhaliwal and Nicholas Kirton became the first & second Canada batsmens to score a fifty in T20 World Cup history.
- 62 : Navneet Dhaliwal and Nicholas Kirton set up the third highest third-wicket partnership for Canada against USA in T20Is.
- 43 : Aaron Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal set up the record first-wicket partnership for Canada against USA in T20 international, previously held by the 33-run stand between Hiral Patel and Rayyan Pathan at Coolidge in 2021.
- 42 : Monank Patel and Andries Gous set up the third highest second-wicket partnership for USA against Canada in T20Is.
- 131 : Andries Gous and Aaron Jones set up the record third-wicket partnership for USA in T20 international, previously held by the 72-run stand between Steven Taylor and Xavier Marshall against UAE at ICC Dubai in 2019, also the USA's highest any-wicket stand in T20Is, previously held by the 110-run stand between Sushant Modani and Gajanand Singh at Lauderhill in 2021 and the second highest third-wicket partnership in T20 World Cup, The highest is 152-run stand between Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan against Sri Lanka at Chottogram in the 2014 World Twenty20.
- Aaron Jones hammered a 22-ball fastest fifty for USA in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 24-ball half-century held by Steven Taylor also against Canada at Prairie View in 2024.
- Aaron Jones and Andries Gous became the first & second USA batsmens to score a fifty in T20 World Cup history.
- 10 : Aaron Jones hit the most sixes by an USA batsman in an innings in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 5-sixes jointly hit by Gajanand Singh against Ireland at Lauderhill in 2021 and Steven Taylor against Jersey at Bulawayo in 2022 and the joint second most-sixes hit by any batsman in T20 World Cup, jointly with Chris Gayle.
- Aaron Jones' unbeaten 94 was the second highest score for USA in T20 internationals after Steven Taylor's unbeaten 101 against Jersey at Bulawayo in 2022.
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Canada scored massive total of 194-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Navneet Dhaliwal cracked a 61 off 44-balls including 6-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 138.63.
Nicholas Kirton hammered a 51 off 31-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 164.51, Shreyas Movva blasted a unbeaten 32 off 16-balls included 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike-rate of 200.
Aaron Johnson struck 23 off 16-balls including 5-fours with strike rate of 143.75 and Dilpreet Bajwa hit 11 off 5-balls included one-six & a four with strike-rate of 220.
USA best bowler by Harmeet Singh, Corey Anderson and Ali Khan each took one-wickets.
USA chased 197-3 in 17.4 overs with top scorer by Aaron Jones hammered a unbeaten 94 off 40-balls, Andries Gous struck 65 off 46-balls including 7-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 141.30 and Monank Patel scored a run-a-ball 16-runs included 2-fours.
Canada best bowler by Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana and Nikhil Dutta each took one-wickets.
Aaron Jones named Player of the match for his match-winning power-hitting batting performance to smashed a career-best unbeaten 94 off 40-balls including 10-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 235.
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