Monank Patel wins the toss and USA will go first

Throw: The United States won the toss and elected to go first

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 began with a Group A clash between USA and Canada. Monank Patel won the toss and elected to bowl first. He thought the wicket was fresh and his pacers could make the most of the early moves.

Play XI

UNITED STATES: Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (c), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Jessy Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar

Canada: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva, Dilpreet Bajwa, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Nikhil Dutta, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon