Suryakumar rescues India as United States threaten T20 World Cup upset

India recover from 77-6 as captain Suryakumar Yadav hits an unbeaten 84 in 29-run World Cup win against United States.Published On 7 Feb 2026India captain Suryakumar Yadav led ‌by example as the tournament co-hosts began their Twenty20 World Cup title defence with a 29-run victory against the United States in a group A contest on Saturday.India recovered from a dire 77-6 to post a decent 161-9 with Suryakumar hitting a scintillating 84 not out off 49 balls.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4As T20 World Cup begins, ousted Bangladesh rues politicisation of cricketlist 2 of 4India now sets the terms of global cricketlist 3 of 4ICC in Pakistan talks to revive India T20 World Cup clashlist 4 of 4England seek calm start to T20 World Cup after turbulent timesend of listThe US managed 132-8 in reply, putting up a decent fight but never really coming ⁠close to chasing down the target.Earlier, the predominantly Indian fans at the Wankhede Stadium probably expected sixes and fours to rain down after US captain Monank Patel elected to field.Instead, it was a long procession of India’s top-order batters returning to the pavilion after a spectacular meltdown of the world’s top-ranked T20 team.Opener Abhishek Sharma, currently the world’s number one T20 batter, fell for a first-ball duck in perhaps an inkling of what was in ⁠store for the home side.The real nightmare unfolded in the final Powerplay over when Shadley van Schalkwyk claimed three wickets in five deliveries to leave India reeling on 46-4.Ishan Kishan (20) and Tilak Varma (25) could not convert their starts, while Shivam Dube departed with a golden duck against his name in that eventful over from van Schalkwyk.It could easily have been worse, but bowler Shubham Ranjane could not hold onto a return catch from Suryakumar when the batter was on 15.Wickets kept tumbling at the other end though.Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya and ‌Axar Patel perished trying to swing their way out of trouble.