USA 110 for 8 (Nitish 27, Taylor 24, Arshdeep 4-9, Hardik 2-14) lost to India 111 for 3 (Suryakumar 50, Dube 31, Netravalkar 2-18) by seven wickets.
The USA faced a number of obstacles.
Conditions: This was India’s fourth game at Nassau County Stadium; they had never played there before.
Personnel: The chosen captain, Monank Patel, was absent due to an injury.
Rohit Sharma called accurately and requested that the USA bat in seaming conditions for the toss.
Experience: A ragtag crew up against the elite in cricket.
It was ripe with the ingredients of a biassed article. It was anything but that, though.
At one point, the USA dared to dream when India was 15 for 2 in pursuit of 111 runs and both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had been bowled by Saurabh Netravalkar.
Thirty thousand yelling fans—many of them Indian Americans—gave aspirations additional impetus when Ali Khan castled Rishabh Pant.
The USA was now playing to lose.
However, India had a crisis manager in Suryakumar Yadav who helped them navigate through rough seas. Shivam Dube supported him over a pivotal fifty-year partnership that changed the game.
India has advanced to the Super Eights, but the United States is still very much in control of their own destiny. They can go past Pakistan, whom they famously defeated in a thrilling Super Over match last week, with a victory over Ireland, even if it is a washout.