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United States of America skipper Monank Patel won the flip and opted to vessel against India successful their T20 World Cup opening crippled astatine the Wankhede Stadium connected Saturday (February 7, 2026).
India volition not tract gait ace Jasprit Bumrah successful the lucifer arsenic helium is unwell, with Mohammed Siraj coming into the playing XI. All-rounder Washington Sundar and wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson person besides been near retired of the XI.
"We person Washi (Washington Sundar) missing out, Sanju (Samson) missing out. Unfortunately Bumrah is not good truthful Siraj is playing," said India skipper Suryakumar Yadav astatine the toss.
"We were looking to bat first. Wicket looks good, determination is upwind astir truthful we don't expect dew. It's live adjacent earlier the crippled starts and I americium definite it is going to beryllium adjacent better," helium added.
Teams
India: Ishan Kishan (w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy.
USA: Saiteja Mukkamalla, Andries Gous (wk), Monank Patel (c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan.
