USA And Canada To Kick Off T20 World Cup 2024: Full Match Preview

Hosts United States will face Canada in the opening match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, on Sunday, June 2. The match is scheduled to start at 6:00 AM IST.

Both teams are making their debut in the T20 World Cup 2024. The USA qualified directly as the host nation, while Canada secured their spot by winning the Americas Qualifier.

Canada dominated Nepal in their warm-up match, winning by 63 runs. However, their second warm-up game was abandoned due to a hurricane. Similarly, both of the USA's warm-up games were also abandoned. Despite this, the Monank Patel-led team recently won a historic T20I series against Bangladesh.

USA Squad vs Canada: Monank Patel (c & wk), Steven Taylor, Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Nitish Kumar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Jasdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Shayan Jahangir

Canada Squad vs USA: Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Rayyan Pathan, Nicholas Kirton, Dilpreet Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Dillon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Rishiv Ragav Joshi, Junaid Siddiqui, Pargat Singh, Nikhil Dutta, Kaleem Sana

Wicket-keeper: Monank Patel

Batter: Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Aaron Johnson, Aaron Jones

All-rounder: Dilon Heyliger, Corey Anderson, Steven Taylor

Bowler: Harmeet Singh, Ali Khan, Kaleem Sana

Captain: Corey Anderson

Vice-captain: Ravinderpal Singh

USA vs CAN Playing 11 T20 World Cup 2024

USA Playing 11 vs CAN: Monank Patel (c & wk), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Jasdeep Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nostush Kenjige, Harmeet Singh, Andries Gous

CAN Playing 11 vs USA: Navneet Dhaliwal, Aaron Johnson, Pargat Singh, Shreyas Movva (wk), Ravinderpal Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Dilon Heyliger

USA vs CAN Head-to-Head

USA vs CAN Match Prediction for T20 World Cup 2024

The USA is favoured to win the opener at home. They are familiar with the conditions and have gained confidence from their recent series win against Bangladesh.

USA vs CAN Dallas Weather Forecast

A Flood Warning is in effect in Dallas from Thursday to Sunday. Accuweather predicts intermittent clouds with low precipitation levels until 4 PM local time. A thunderstorm is expected around 5 PM with a precipitation level of about 50 percent until 6 PM. The level will drop to 29 percent by 7 PM and below 5 percent for the rest of the evening. Humidity will be around 60 percent with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees Celsius.

USA vs CAN T20 World Cup 2024 Match Details

Series: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

Match: United States vs Canada, Group A Match 1

Venue: Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas

Start Time: 6:00 AM IST on Sunday - July 2

Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney + Hotstar (App and website)

Live Telecast in India: Star Sports Network