Arshdeep Singh claimed figures of 4/9 in front of 31,219 crowd as India beat United States of America by 7 wickets at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
After being asked to bowl first, USA lost wickets of Shayan Jahangir and Andries Gous with the score on 3. The likes of Steven Taylor (24) and Nitish Kumar (27) made some useful contributions, but the rest of the batters struggled to get going, as United States of America crawled their way to 110/8 in their 20 overs.
Left arm pacer Arshdeep was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/9, while Hardik Pandya claimed 2/14.
In response, Saurabh Netravalkar pegged India back by dismissing Virat Kohli (0) and skipper Rohit Sharma (3) early. Rishabh Pant along with Suryakumar Yadav added 29 runs for the third wicket stand before Ali Khan knocked over Pant for 18.
The pair of Suryakumar (50) and Shivam Dube (31) featured in an unbeaten 67 run stand for the third wicket as The Men in Blue reached the target with 10 balls to spare.
For USA, Saurabh Netravalkar finished with figures of 2/18. With this Win India reach the Super 8 Stage.
India 111 for 3 (Suryakumar 50*, Dube 31*, Netravalkar 2-18) beat USA 110 for 8 (Nitish 27, Taylor 24, Arshdeep 4-9, Hardik 2-14) by seven wickets