I'm confused today. I want to cheer USA but I'm a tribe similar to @grayruby's so because of my love for my homeland can't root for a team that has won everyone's heart all of a sudden. Anyways, I've decided to cheer for both the teams because I found out that many of USA players were once Indians.

Yes, it's a match featuring common opponents today as India take on USA with the winner confirmed of a place in the Super Eights. Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav have played together with Saurabh Netravalkar and Harmeet Singh. Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli were once teammates with Milind Kumar - one with Delhi and the other with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Axar Patel and Monank Patel were roommates during age-level tournaments in Gujarat. And today, all these players will be up against each other in an attempt to see their home team win and progress to the next phase of the tournament.

India have won the toss and have opted to field

Another glorious day with hardly any cloud in the sky. We're playing on the same wicket as yesterday, the square boundaries are at 70m and 66m while the straight hit is at 72m. Pretty similar. bowlers will have to hit the hard lengths, batters can't really play the cross-batted shots. The bowlers will look to get the natural variation off a hard length and a back of the length. Chasing is the best way to go, IMO.

The USA team has been riding high in the World Cup with two wins in two games. It has lived up to its pre-tournament claims of "eating" any opposition that comes on its way. "We are hungry, and are going to try to eat whoever comes in our way. I am sure the USA will do some upsets in the World Cup," US player Ali Khan had famously said before the start of the World Cup. They lived up to the words by beating Pakistan who came their way. But they could be in for a serious reality check on Wednesday.

Up next will be India, who could be a different beast. Upsets in Twenty20 are commonplace but this Indian team looks virtually fail-proof. On Wednesday, they will look to end the New York leg of the World Cup with a clean slate. The US team, which has never faced India in any format, will be up against a side that is full of IPL and T20 veterans.

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