On Saturday, June 1 (local time), the USA defeated Canada in their T20 World Cup debut in Dallas thanks to an undefeated 94 from Aaron Jones in just 40 deliveries. Following the conclusion of Jones’ six-hitting spree, fans were curious to learn more about him, and it turned out that he was a fan of Virat Kohli.
On the first day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Dallas, it was an intense match as the co-hosts, the United States of America (USA), surprised their neighbors, Canada, by winning in a thrilling comeback. USA’s innings, which was chasing 195 in the first over of the competition, was nowhere near 48/2 after eight overs, with the needed rate already over 12. Next was a storm, more like a Tsunami of sixes started by Aaron Jones and his partner Andries Gous followed him in the footsteps and the result was, the target was chased down in 17.4 overs.
Before ending the game in Jeremy Gordon’s over with 33 runs, Jones and Gous feasted on the spinners, Nikhil Dutta and Canada captain Saad Bin Zafar. It was tough hitting from both of them. Gous was out for 65, but Jones didn’t give up and led his team to a thrilling victory in front of the home crowd at Grand Prairie Stadium, finishing undefeated on 94 off only 40 balls.
A historic win for USA in the #T20WorldCup 2024 opener 🇺🇸😍
How it happened ➡️ https://t.co/MDKcwvzOPn pic.twitter.com/ReiAnZTy7B
— ICC (@ICC) June 2, 2024After Jones was awarded the player of the match, his previous tweets began to surface because the fans were curious about who this 29-year-old was and what he had done in the past. Many of those tweets featured Virat Kohli prominently, demonstrating his admiration for the former Indian captain.
The 2013 tweet that went viral from Jones said, “Watching some virat kohli videos.”
After Virat Kohli crushed South Africa in the World Cup 2023, one of the postings on his birthday last year said, “It doesn’t even make sense to say how good Virat Kohli is anymore lol #theboss.”
“He doesn’t seem any better than Kohli to me,” Jones tweeted in 2013. “Virat kohli is a champion,”
