Suryakumar Yadav, the world's number 1 T20I batter, saw India home against co-hosts United States of America (USA) in their group-stage fixture of the T20 World Cup 2024. Suryakumar scored 50* off 49 as India beat USA by 7 wickets. However, during a crucial phase of India's run-chase, the star batter failed to find the desired connection on a ball which went up in the air with fielder Saurabh Netravalkar coming under it.
However, Netravalkar failed to take the catch, dropping what could be termed an easy chance gauging by the World Cup standards. As soon as Netravalkar dropped the catch, the Indian fans breathed a sigh of relief. Suryakumar Yadav's wife Devisha Shetty also wore that expression as she witnessed his catch getting dropped.
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The incident happened in the 13th over of India's innings. Had the catch been taken, USA could have exerted further pressure on India and come closer to pulling off another upset but that wasn't to be.
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While Suryakumar Yadav was the star performer with the bat for Team India, with the ball in hand it was Arshdeep Singh who did the job for Rohit Sharma & Co., picking 4 wickets for 9 runs off his 4 overs. The left-arm pacer was adjudged the Player Of The Match in New York post India's win over USA.