3 reasons why USA is a team to watch out for in T20 World Cup 2024

The highly anticipated upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, in the USA and West Indies, is just a week away. It will be happening for the first time in the entire history of the T20 World Cup when a total of 20 teams will be featured in an edition of the tournament.

The tournament will also feature the co-hosts USA, which will be quite new and interesting to see for the fans as it will be USA’s first-ever appearance in the T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, the interesting fact about the USA cricket team is that they have all the players from other countries who had prior experience playing at either of the levels of the game in their country.

Having said that, here we’ll have a look at the 3 reasons why the USA will be a team to watch out for in the T20 World Cup 2024.

Here’s a look at 3 reasons the USA is a team to watch out for in the T20 World Cup 2024:

Outshined Bangladesh in the ongoing T20I series; on the verge of giving them a clean sweep

The very less experienced USA team has stunned the entire cricketing fraternity with their sensational performance in the ongoing three-match T20I series against the full-member team Bangladesh. The hosts USA have already taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 against Bangladesh with two consecutive wins in the first two matches of the series.

Now, they are on the verge of giving Bangladesh a clean sweep by a margin of 3-0 with the last fixture of the series remaining to be played. It can also be considered a wake-up call from the USA for the other participating teams in the tournament.

All Players have prior international experience somewhere!

The T20 World Cup 2024 squad of the USA includes almost ‘no’ locals or American nationals in the team as they have players from other nationalities who earlier played for their countries. The list includes a big name like former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson, a blistering batter.

Besides Anderson, former India U-19 player Saurabh Netravalkar is also there in the American squad; so, it can be said that apart from themselves being a newly introduced team in the T20 World Cup, the USA have a bunch of players who already had several matches to their name at the bigger level of the game which might help trap some teams in the tournament.

Can Stun teams who will come with less preparation against them

It will be a risk for other teams to not take the USA seriously in the tournament; the USA could be a danger to the teams who will be coming up with fewer plans and strategies against the co-hosts. The current Bangladesh T20I series could be a case study for the other teams to not write off the ‘Americans in cricket’.

Given that, all the participating teams will have to take the USA a bit seriously and develop plans against them to not get embarrassed at the bigger level of the game.