Star batter Aaron Jones replaced Patel as captain for this game. The severity of the injury is not known yet and one can hope that Patel might recover for USA’s last Group game against Ireland on Friday.
However, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl against the USA as India remain unchanged, while the tournament’s co-host made two changes to their playing eleven with Shayan Jahangir replacing Patel and Shadley van Schalkwyk is in for left-arm spinner Nosthush Kenjige.
“We will bowl first. It has played better in the last two games, but you need to assess the conditions quickly and then let the game take over. It’s all about constantly getting better and keeping the momentum going. It’s important to do the right things. That was a great game to play, we didn’t have enough runs on the board, but the bowlers came to the party and won the game for us. We’re playing the same team,” Rohit said at the toss.
USA’s stand-in skipper Jones said they were looking to play some good cricket and the camp is very positive.
“We would have bowled first as well, there’s some help for the bowlers early. He’s having a niggle and should be back quickly. It should be a good game and we’re looking to play well. The camp is very positive, just looking to play some good cricket. Shayan Jahangir replaces Monank and Shadley is in for Nosthush,” Jones said.