USA-Canada face off in a new tune in the old rivalry

When it comes to the topic of cricket in the United States and Canada, the ICC's partner countries come to mind. But the history of the fight between these two teams in cricket is 180 years old. Before the start of the world's first test cricket in 1844, the United States and Canada faced each other in a three-day match. These two teams are going to meet again with a new tune in the old duel.

The United States and Canada will meet in Dallas in the opening match of the T20 World Cup on Sunday (June 2) at 6:30 am Bangladesh time. This is the first T20 World Cup for both the teams. The United States qualified as co-hosts, with Canada getting the ticket over the American qualifiers.

USA is the favorite in this match. Although they have played less than ten matches since the 2022 T20 World Cup. They have played seven T20Is, winning all of them. And the United States has shown its ability in all the matches. After first defeating Canada by 4-0, they defeated Bangladesh by 2-1.

Why is the United States the favorite against Canada? The best answer to this question is to arrange their teams with stars from different countries. Former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson is sure to wear the USA jersey. As the fifth player in the world, he is going to represent two teams in the T20 World Cup.

Also there is Harmeet Singh, who won the World Cup for India's U-19 team. Left-arm seamer Kalim Sana, who plays first-class matches in Pakistan. The US top order is quite strong, with batsmen like Steven Taylor, Monak Patel and Andreas Gause. Ali Khan and Sourav Netravalkar are the hope of the pace attack.

Canada's strength is their bowling. Dillon Helliger is in the pace attack with Gordon and Sana. Skipper Saad Bin Zafar and Nikhil Dutt will look to keep the opposition batsmen inactive with their varied spin. All in all a great fight awaits.

USA (Possible XI): Monak Patel (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Jasdeep Singh, Ali Khan, Sourav Netrawalkar, Harmeet Singh, Andreas Gaos, Nastush Kenzige/Shadley von Schalkwick.

Canada (Possible XI): Navneet Dhaliwal, Aaron Johnson, Pargat Singh, Shreyas Mova (wicketkeeper), Ravinderpal Singh, Nicholas Curton, Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Kalim Sana, Nikhil Dutt, Dillon Helliger, Jeremy Gordon.