India will be up against United States of America in the third match of the ICC 2026 WT20. This match will be played at Eden Gardens and this is a Group A Fixture. India are the defending champions and they will be led by Suryakumar Yadav. They have a very strong squad and have been dominant in the T20 format. Recently they beat New Zealand 4-1 in the T20I series and also won the warm up match against South Africa with ease. They will be keen to start their campaign well.
On the other hand, United States of have played a couple of warm up games and done really well. They scored 200 against India A in the first warm up fixture and in the last warm up match they fought well against New Zealand. They scored more than 200 and fell short of the target by just seven runs. They will be without Aaron Jones for this tournament but have a good enough squad. Monank Patel will lead the side for this West Indies vs Scotland match prediction. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.
India vs USA Match Details
- Series : ICC Men’ T20 World Cup 2026
- Match : India vs USA, Match 3
- Toss : To be updated
- Venue : Wankede Stadium, Mumbai
- Match Timings : 7:00 pm IST, 7th February
- Live Streaming : JioHotsar
India vs USA Stats
| Player | Team | Performance |
| Abhishek Sharma | India | 1297 runs |
| Monank Patel | USA | 930 runs |
| Varun Chakravarthy | India | 59 wickets |
India vs USA Pitch Report
This match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium which is one of the best batting surfaces in this country. There will be some swing under lights and batting might be tricky early on but it should get better and we can expect plenty of runs. Both teams will prefer chasing keeping the dew factor in mind.
India vs USA Probable Playing XI India: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
USA: Andries Gous, Monank Patel(w/c), Milind Kumar, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjane, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shayan Jahangir, Harmeet Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar, Jasdeep Singh
India vs USA Dream11 Captaincy Picks Varun Chakravarthy – The spinner will be the trump card for India and has picked up 59 wickets in 36 T20I matches. He will be a top pick for IND vs USA Dream11 match Hardik Pandya – He is a quality all-rounder and has picked up 105 wickets and also scored 2051 runs in his T20I career. He will be a IND vs USA dream11 captaincy pick.
India vs USA Match winner
India are the defending champions and one of the strongest team in this tournament so it will be very tough for USA and India are expected to win this match.
