India 326 for five (Kulkarni 108, Musheer 73, Subramanian 2-45) beat USA125 for 8 (Srivastava 40, Tiwari 4-20) by 201 runs
India piled up 326 for five of their 50 overs with Kulkarni and Musheer doing the majority of the scoring. In reply, medium pacer Tiwari picked up 4 for 20 in 9 overs as USA had been saved to 125 for 8 in Bloemfontein.
Kulkarni and Musheer, nonetheless, dug in so as to add 155 runs off 142 balls for the second wicket. Each the batters took their time in settling in earlier than opening up. Kulkarni had a fortunate escape when he was dropped on 16 at mid-off and made positive to money in. He hacked fast bowler Aarin Nadkarni for six over deep midwicket and clobbered Rishi Ramesh, the legspinner, across the similar area earlier than reaching his half-century off 70 balls.
USA had been by no means actually within the chase. They misplaced openers Prannav Chettipalayam and Bhavya Mehta within the first two overs. Tiwari then eliminated Ramesh for 8 as USA slipped to 12 for 3 after 7.5 overs. Siddarth Kappa and Srivastava stayed agency for a bit, including 43 runs off 93 balls for the fourth wicket, earlier than offspinner Moliya acquired into the act, sending again Kappa for 18.
Tiwari then added to his wicket tally as he eliminated Srivastava and Manav Nayak in successive overs to have USA at 79 for six, which quickly turned 90 for 7 after 30 overs. Amogh Arepally (27* off 71) and Nadkarni (20 off 44) added 31 off 78 balls for the eighth wicket, which delayed the inevitable and ensured India could not bowl the opposition out.
India headed into the Tremendous Sixes topping their group and can face New Zealand on Tuesday.