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American cricket has risen after the T20 World Cup 2024. Now another young player in American cricket has shown amazing performance in his debut match. 20-year-old American opener Saiteja Mukamalla has become a match-winning hero by playing a brilliant innings in his T20 debut. He started his T20 career with an explosive half-century in his debut match against Canada.
Great performance in debut match itself
In the match played on 27 August, America batted first and scored 168 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. He played a big role in taking America to this score and opened the innings with team captain Monak Patel in his first T20 match. Captain Monak got out after scoring just 16 runs, but he stood at one end. And, he played his first match like a seasoned player.
Terrible innings played against Canada
Saiteja washed away almost every bowler of Canada during his batting. He wrote the script for a strong start in the T20 International. Saiteja faced just 27 balls and scored 52 runs at a strike rate of 192.59, which included 8 fours and 1 six.
Saiteeja Mukamalla did a great job
Based on Saiteeja's quick half-century on her T20 international debut, USA set Canada a target of 169 runs to win, but they failed to cross it. Chasing this target, the Canadian team could only score 148 runs for 7 wickets. USA defeated Canada by 20 runs, with 20-year-old Saiteeja Mukamalla being the player of the match. Saiteeja Mukamalla has also performed excellently in ODIs for USA. In ODIs, she has scored 381 runs in 17 innings of 17 matches with the help of 1 century and 1 half-century.