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USA vs IRE | Jaskaran Malhotra alongside two others ruled out of T20I series
The United States received a big jolt ahead of their historic series against Ireland as their leading players including vice-captain Aaron Jones, Jaskaran Malhotra and Karima Gore were ruled out of the two-match T20I series starting December 22 in Lauderhill, Florida. While Steven Taylor has yet not been ruled out of the T20I series, but him having tested positive alongside the above mentioned three does not augur well for the US team. There is yet another problem as fast bowler Rusty Theron whom the team was counting on has also not recovered from his elbow injury that he picked up during the US Open T20, the domestic tournament held in Florida just recently. To cover for these rule outs, three USA U-19 players in left-arm spinner Ali Sheikh, legspinner Yasir Mohammad and right-hand batter Ritwik Behera have been called into the squad after passing Covid testing in their respective home cities to clear their availability. The three players who tested positive for Covid have yet not been ruled out for the three-match ODI series and it is being hoped that they would play a crucial part for the USA in the ODI series. Even Ireland had four Covid cases among its players to the start of the series as Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell had tested positive for the virus. However, McCarthy completed his 10-day isolation period and took part in Ireland's training on Monday. USA T20I squad: Monank Patel (capt), Ali Khan, Ali Sheikh, Gajanand Singh, Jessy Singh, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Ritwik Behera, Ryan Scott, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela, Xavier Marshall, Yasir Mohammad. USA ODI squad: Monank Patel (capt), Aaron Jones (vice-capt), Ali Khan, Gajanand Singh, Jessy Singh, Jaskaran Malhotra, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Rahul Jariwala, Ritwik Behera, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela, Xavier Marshall.
Watch: USA, Umpire and Canada’s hurriedness to celebrate rob it of a famous win
In a bizarre turn of events, the United States of America beat arch-rivals Canada in a Super Over in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Qualifier-Americas, taking place in Antigua and Barbuda. The match ended in a controversial way when the USA needed three to win from the last ball and the batter Ali Khan was unable to connect the ball to bat, he ran for a single, but Canadian wicketkeeper Hamza Tariq removed the bails, rolled the ball over to the umpire, which he did not collect. In an ideal condition, it should have been the end of the match with the USA losing by one run. But not in this case. Rusty Theron, the former South Africa international who was at the other end when Ali Khan was on strike, kept running and ran the second one, even as the entire Canadian team celebrated. The umpire did not object to it and rather declared it two legal runs as by the time that Canadians realised what was happening, the two batters were about to cross over for a third, which was averted by a sharp throw. In a game, if the bails are removed by the fiddler himself (not by throwing the ball onto the wicket), the ball is declared dead after it in most cases, but here it could either be called the experience of Theron, the hurriedness of Canada or simply a mistake by the umpire that all this was allowed to happen and Canada, who looked like a deserving winner, were forced to go to the Super Over. In the Super Over, Matharu, who had brought back Canada from dead to almost a win, was once again given the responsibility with the ball. But this time around the Americans were up to the task as first Steven Taylor hit two sixes and then Marshal finished with two fours to end the total at 22 at the end of the one over with two wides contributing as well. It was always going to be tough to chase 23 and as much as skipper Navneet Dhaliwal and Dillon Heyliger tried, Ian Holland was too accurate to be hit easily and the Canadians finished at 14-0 in the Super over, losing the game by 8 runs. Before the last ball drama, Jatinderpal Matharu, the Canadian pacer was to defend 12 off the last six balls against a settled Jaskarana Malhotra, who had recently achieved the feat of hitting six sixes in an over against PNG. On the first two balls, only one run was conceded and a settled Malhotra was also run out. Then on the next three balls drama transpired and after scoring eight runs, Karima Gore was adjudged LBW with the USA needing three of the last ball. Rest is now part of history. The match shouldn’t have come this close in the first place when the USA were reduced to 44-5 in the first 10 overs. A partnership of 42 runs was developed between Nisarg Patel and Malhotra. Then Malhotra partnered Gore for a 22 ball 45 runs and brought his team back in the game instantly. Earlier in the day, Canada scored 142 batting first after skipper Dhaliwal and Ravinderpal Singh remained unbeaten on 44 each to ride through the early breaks.
USA’s Jaskaran Malhotra hits six sixes off six balls against PNG, enters record books with Yuvraj Singh
It was incredible scenes at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat, Oman as United States Of America’s Jaskaran Malhotra hit six sixes off six balls of Papua New Guinea’s Gaudi Toka to enter the elite club of international cricketers like India’s Yuvraj Singh, South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs and West Indies’ Kieron Pollard who have pulled off this feat before him. Malhotra also went on to record the highest individual score for a USA batsman in ODI cricket as he reached to unbeaten 171 courtesy of the six sixes he hit in the last over of the American innings. It is interesting to note that the 31-year-old wicketkeeper batter Malhotra made his comeback into the USA squad after having last played an international game way back in 2019 against Namibia. In fact, with his blitzkrieg of an innings, Malhotra also became the first and only USA batter to hit a century in any international format, he beat the previous best score of 96 by a US batter which was achieved by Aaron James against UAE in 2019. Courtesy of his innings in which Malhotra hit four fours and 16 sixes, which is also the joint second-most by any batsman in ODI cricket, the USA reached a target of 271-9. He along with skipper Saurabh Netravalakar added 55 runs for the 10th wicket, another record for the US team. Malhotra’s 16 sixes equalled the record of modern greats of the game Rohit Sharma, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle.