09:30 (IST), June 2
What a crushing victory! Co-hosts USA started the tournament in style with a big win. Chasing a massive score of 195 for victory, USA started hesitantly with Steven Taylor dismissed for a golden duck. Monankh Patel and Andries Goose played tenaciously for a while and added 42 for the second wicket. Monankh Patel was dismissed for 16 in the seventh over and Aaron Jones came on. He caught the ball cleanly from the start of the innings and set the tone in his team’s favour. He, along with Goose, added a brilliant 131 for the third wicket in less than 10 overs. Jones smashed boundaries at will and gave Canada no chance to catch up. Goose started slowly but played tenaciously and scored 65 off 46 to support Jones. The main star of the chase was Aaron Jones who scored an unbeaten 94 off just 40 to give USA their first T20 World Cup win.