Borivli ka king kaun?

India were made to work harder than they would have expected but still won with a fair bit to spare quelling United Statesrsquo spirited challenge by seven wickets Their third win on the bounce at New Yorkrsquos Nassau County International Cricket Stadium confirmed their entry into next weekrsquos Super EightsThe victory helped India tick several boxes including a return to runscoring ways of Mumbai duo Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam DubeA former Mumbai player now representing US had threatened to derail Indiarsquos campaign by evicting Virat Kohli with the first delivery of Indiarsquos chase of 111 and then packing off old Borivli mate Rohit Sharma to leave the Worldrsquos No 1 side gasping at 10 for two Saurabh Netravalkar made his senior representative debut in 2013 with a solitary Ranji Trophy appearance for Mumbai against Karnataka but itrsquos in the United States that the software engineer with Oracle has found his cricketing callingAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 Cat and mouse Williamson labels modernday T20 cricketShivam Dube during his unbeaten 31 against USA at New York on Wednesday PicGetty ImagesThe leftarm seamer who expertly defended 18 in the Super Over against Pakistan last week forced fellow Mumbaikars Suryakumar and Dube both needing runs under the belt with India in a spot to bide their time and dig deep so that Arshdeep Singhrsquos T20I best 49 didnrsquot go in vainSuryakumar shines with 50Suryakumar and Dube didnrsquot disappoint the former making a patient halfcentury and the latter battling through large periods of frustrating scorelessness to realise 72 for the fourth wicket Suryakumarrsquos unbeaten 50 came off 49 deliveries Dubersquos 31 not out took 35 ballsldquoIt wasnrsquot the kind of surface where I could play my natural gamerdquo Dube an acknowledged sixhitter conceded ldquoI had to play differently and bide my time Batting per se has been difficult here doesnrsquot matter if one is batting first or chasingrdquoArshdeep Singh on his careerbest 49Fiverun penaltyDube survived a torrid early period as both he and Suryakumar found fluency hard to come by though they gritted their teeth and eventually got the job done in style Indiarsquos cause was helped by five penalty runs being added to their tally of 76 at the end of the 15th over because US had taken more than 60 seconds between overs thrice in the inningsldquoFive runs wasnrsquot going to affect the outcome of the game it didnrsquot affect the outcomerdquo US head coach Stuart Law insisted ldquoThey were given two clear warnings then itrsquos up to the players to respond And we didnrsquot respond fast enough thatrsquos something we can addressrdquoAaron Jones standing in for injured captain Monank Patel felt his team had been 1520 short of a competitive total for which Arshdeep was primarily responsible ldquoI am very happy with my performancerdquo Player of the Match Arshdeep remarked adding ldquoIn the last two games I gave away too many 35 against Ireland 31 against Pakistan but the team have kept backing me All the bowlers have done well looking forward to the same in the next stagerdquo