USA eye historic result in first ever T20I

On Friday , USA will become the 28th country to play a men's T20 I when they take on UAE at the ICC Academy inDubai. Coming form a place where t20 has been touted as the only possible gatway to crack the broader domestic sports market,the build-up has been low-key for what o paper is a historic occasion.

But that hasn't kept USA coach Pubudu players from appreciating the signification of the new frontier ahed of them.Speaking to ESPN cricinfo on the eve of USA's first T20 I outing,Dassanayake is hoping the tow-match series will provide the opportunity to lay solid ground work for a successful T20 World cup Qualifying camping later in the year as wll as a lead in to year as well as a lead-in to their attempt at securing ODI status at WCL DIVISION Tow in Namibia next month.

of course , it's the first T20 global qualification and regional qualifiers. So we want to see what is our best combination and best players for that version.We're going to try a few combinations tomorrow and the day after and see what's best for us.

 

When we are talking about T20 into the 50-overs ,we want to improve our death bowling,we want to improve our power-hitting ability. So  all of these trainning tours, today, tomorrow and even the T20 games going into 50-overs, we got to cover a few things for us to shape up in the 50 overs as well.

 

USA's biggest obstacle might have less to do withh the opponents on the field and more to do with the effects of jet-lag. Tha squad had staggered arrivals over the course of the previous day, while roy Silav missed the team'lone training session altogether after his flight didn't come in morning.

 

Hower, caption Saurbh Netravalkar was upbeat about how the team has acclimatised to the 32 degree desert heat after coming out of the winter.

 

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