Aaron Jones’ magnificent 94-run effort helped the USA win by seven wickets over Canada in the T20 World Cup 2024 opener.
In the opening match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Canada, the USA turned things around decisively, managing to reach the objective of 195 runs in Texas. The USA saw Aaron Jones and Andries Gous each score a half-century after losing a couple wickets early on. The former ended the chase just six runs short of his century. The USA reached the total with more than two overs remaining, despite having to chase a challenging target of 195 runs. Canada reached 194 runs thanks to late-inning cameos from Shreyas Movva and half-centuries from Navneet Dhaliwal and Nicholas Kirton.