India, Feb. 8 -- Suryakumar Yadav, the India captain, stepped up for the two-time T20 World Cup champions in the team's opening match of the 10th edition of the tournament against the USA on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium. Before the game started, everyone was saying '300, 300', seemingly anticipating the run fest. When the USA captain Monank Patel won the toss and opted to bowl, the Wankhede crowd cheered in unison, expecting a carnage at the hands of Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan up top.

However, everyone was brought to reality in the second over of the game as Ali Khan dismissed Abhishek Sharma for a duck. The USA then started to strangle the Indian batters, and in no time, the defending champions found themselves reeling at 77/6...