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USA v Namibia

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USA have charged out of the blocks after electing to bat first against Namibia in Chennai. With captain Monank Patel and Shayan Jahangir leading the way, USA have plundered 65/0 in powerplay, with the help of four fours and four sixes.

Patel also became the first US batter to notch 1000 runs in T20Is during his half-century. USA are 89/1 at the half-way mark. Willem Myburgh gave Namibia the breakthrough, as he had Jahangir miscue to mid-on.

Namibia: Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Willem Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz, Max Heingo

USA: Monank Patel, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi (wk), Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan