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‘If Indian team were all out for just 100’: Virender Sehwag after India’s T20 World Cup win over USA | Cricket News – The Tech Word News

February 8, 2026
India vs USA (photo pankaj dry/getty images) Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag praised Suryakumar Yadav for playing a match-winning innings against the USA in India’s opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium on February 7. India won the match by 29 runs, largely due to their captain’s calm and strong batting under pressure.India got off to a shaky start batting first and struggled to 77 runs for 6 wickets. It could have gone wrong at that point but Suryakumar held his nerve and played a brilliant unbeaten knock of 84 runs off 49 balls, hitting 10 fours and 4 sixes. His innings helped India post a respectable total of 161/9 in 20 overs.

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Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma also chipped in with quick runs while American bowlers Shadley van Schalkwyk and Harmeet Singh impressed with the ball.Sehwag termed Suryakumar’s knock as one of the best of his career and explained how important it was in a match situation. He said, “Imagine the Indian team was all out for just 100, we wouldn’t say a weak team like USA beat India. They also qualified for the World Cup. That’s why I feel it was one of the best knocks of Suryakumar Yadav’s career. I always say focus on the ball and not the bowler because if you hit the ball in the right area, you can hit it in the right area. get out.”Sehwag also praised the American bowlers for putting India under pressure, saying, “Take this American team, we’ve heard very little about some of these bowlers, but they managed to reduce India to 77 for 6, which I don’t think any other team has done in the last two to two-and-a-half years. So hats off to Suryakumar Yadav, he played extremely well.”In reply, USA scored 132/8, with Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi and Shubham Ranjane batting. Indian bowlers Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh picked up crucial wickets to seal the victory.

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