Yadav, Arshdeep star as India beat USA to reach T20 World Cup second round

New York: Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten half century and left arm seamer Arshdeep Singh claimed a career best 4 9 as India defeated the United Stat...

New York: Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten half-century and left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh claimed a career-best 4-9 as India defeated the United States by seven wickets to reach the T20 World Cup second round on Wednesday.

Chasing 111 to win the Group A clash, India were rattled at 15-2 and then 44-3 before Yadav (50) and Shivam Dube (31) put on an undefeated fourth-wicket stand of 67 to secure a third win in three games for Rohit Sharma's team with 10 balls to spare.

"We knew this was going to be a tough task. We lost some wickets up front but we showed some maturity to take the game to the end," said Rohit.

Despite the defeat, the United States are still well-placed to join India in the Super Eights as they have four points while Pakistan and Canada are on two with a game each to play.

India were stunned by Mumbai-born fast bowler Saurabh Netravalkar who played for India at the Under-19 World Cup in 2010.