New Delhi. The host US team has made a great start to the ICC T20 World Cup. The team, which played the first match of the tournament against Canada, registered a huge victory of 7 wickets on the basis of explosive batting. Batting first, Canada had set a target of 195 runs, which the US achieved easily on the basis of Aaron Jones' stormy innings. Jones has become the first batsman to score a half-century for his team in the T20 World Cup.
When Canada batted first and scored 194 runs against America, everyone thought that it was a good score but the host team proved it to be small. The hero of America's first victory in the T20 World Cup was Aaron Jones who thrashed the Canadian bowlers. This batsman single-handedly changed the course of the match with his stormy batting. If America had a few more runs, it could have scored a century in this match.
The explosion of Aaron Jones
Aaron Jones, who created history by scoring the first half-century in the T20 World Cup for America, made the match one-sided with his explosive batting. This batsman, who completed his half-century by hitting 6 sixes in just 22 balls, ended the match with a six. This batsman, who scored runs at a strike rate of 235 runs in 40 balls, scored an unbeaten 94 runs and led the team to victory.
Who is Aaron Jones?
29-year-old Aaron Jones bats in the middle order for the US. Born on 19 October 1994 in New York, Barbados has also played in West Indies domestic cricket. Jones' parents are from Barbados. He made his List A debut in 2016. In 2019, he made his T20 debut against UAE in March and in April this year, he got a chance to debut in ODIs against New Papua Guinea.
Jones has scored 1454 runs in 43 ODIs including 1 century and 10 half-centuries. He has scored 478 runs in 27 T20 Internationals including 2 half-centuries. His unbeaten 94-run innings against Canada in the T20 World Cup has become the best T20 score of his career.
tag: T20 World Cup
first published : June 2, 2024, 10:19 IST
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