Corey Anderson named in USA squad for 2024 T20 World Cup
Corey Anderson, who played the ODI World Cup (in 2015) and the T20 World Cup (in 2014 and 2016) for New Zealand, will now play the 2024 T20 World Cup, in June, for USA, co-hosts for the tournament along with the West Indies after being named in the squad of 15 on Friday.
Ali Khan, who hasn't played a T20I since July 2022, has been incorporated as well, while Shayan Jahangir has likewise been gotten. Clearing a path for them from the crew that beat Canada 4-0 in a five-match T20I series in April are Gajanand Singh and Usman Rafiq. Gajanand had scored quite recently a lone disagreement two trips against Canada, while Rafiq offered 24 runs in two overs in his main game in the series.
Monank Patel and Aaron Jones, the skipper and the bad habit chief for the series against Canada, have been held in the positions.
Against Canada, Monank was USA's best player with 120 runs in three innings at a strike pace of just shy of 170, while Andries Gous and Steven Taylor beat the 100-run mark, and Nitish Kumar hit a 38-ball 64 in his main innings, and Anderson and Harmeet Singh contributed with convenient runs in his two innings. With the ball, Harmeet and Shadley Van Schalkwyk got six wickets each, with Noshthush Kenjige and Saurabh Netravalkar were among the wickets as well.
Ali Khan, with the experience of playing in T20 associations all over the planet - including at the CPL, the PSL and the ILT20 - hasn't played a ton of T20I cricket, only six, to go with 15 ODI appearances. His experience would probably have caused the selectors to pick him thinking about the stage.
Jahangir, who began his playing vocation in delegate cricket in Pakistan, the nation of his introduction to the world, has played 12 ODIs for USA, the remainder of them in July last year.
Milind Kumar, who was a previous Delhi player and completed as the top run-scorer in the 2018-19 Ranji Prize - India's chief five star competition - addressing Sikkim, is likewise a prominent name to be remembered for the crew.
USA will play the debut round of the World Cup, against Canada in Dallas on June 1.