T20 WC warm-up match: How India A beat USA
What's the story
India A registered a comfortable 38-run victory over the USA in their 2026 ICC T20 World Cup warm-up match in Navi Mumbai. The win was largely due to Narayan Jagadeesan's blistering century (104 off 55 balls) and Ayush Badoni's quickfire half-century (60 off 26 balls). Tilak Varma also made an impact on his return from testicular surgery, scoring 38 runs off just 24 deliveries. The USA earlier won the toss and elected to field first.
Player highlights
Partnership between Jagadeesan and Varma
Varma, who had missed India's last T20I series against New Zealand due to surgery, was picked for the first of India A's two warm-up matches. His 24-ball 38 at No. 3 had 3 fours and 2 sixes. He came in after Priyansh Arya and N Jagadeesan added 43 runs for the opening wicket. Jagadeesan and Varma then stitched a 113-run partnership in just over nine overs.
Match details
Badoni's blistering knock
Badoni, who took over after Varma's dismissal in the 14th over, remained unbeaten on 60 runs off just 26 balls. He hammered 6 fours and 4 sixes. Despite facing a strong bowling attack led by Khaleel Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, and Mayank Yadav, the USA team managed to score 200 runs before getting bowled out with two balls remaining. While Bihsnoi took three wickets, Naman Dhir and Khaleel scalped two each.
Bowling impact
USA batters put up a fight
Andries Gous gave the USA a quick start with a 44-run knock off 31 balls before being dismissed by Tilak Varma. Sanjay Krishnamurthi then took over in the middle overs, scoring a quickfire 41 off just 18 balls (2 fours and 4 sixes). The USA, despite losing regular wickets, rode on contributions from Shubham Ranjane (28 off 17 balls), Harmeet Singh (25 off 9 balls), and Mohammad Mohsin (21 off 10 balls).
Information
India to face USA in opener
Notably, India will face the USA in their opening T20 World Cup 2026 encounter on February 6. The Netherlands, Namibia, and Pakistan are the other teams in Group A.