T20 WC 2024 | "There are heaps of learnings": Corey Anderson after WC exit

The fairytale run of the USAs cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2024 was ended by England but Corey Anderson said that his team is signing off the tournament with their heads held high and heaps of learningThe USA were knocked out of the T20 World Cup 2024 after facing defeat against West Indies England and South Africa This was after having a great run in the groupstage matchesI mean skys the limit reallythe last few years theres always been whispers around whats happening in America with crickethopefully in years to come as well we can kind of grow that said Anderson after the Super 8 match loss against EnglandI mean theres probably a lot of areas that we need to improve on We are still an Associate nation growing trying to get a bigger player pool Making it through the Super 8s was obviously a historic occasion for the USA he addedAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 Will the Blues be able to wash out past Yellow memoriesAsked to explain the USAs loss of momentum after a galvanising league run Anderson said it was a case of Big Boys raising their level when it mattered against a mostly novice teamThe last couple of games have just been not quite there but thats what happens in the Super 8 competition is the bigger boys start to really show up and theyre kind of hitting their stride right at the back end of this competition he saidWe dont get to play against these big teams often or at all So anything that we can play against these guys is hugely valuable Its probably a little bit raw at the moment obviously but yeah theres heaps of learnings out of that he addedCorey Anderson is one of the most talented players in the USA team The team is made up of players from West Indian Indian and Pakistan origin One of their top performers in the T20 World Cup 2024 was Saurah Netravalkar who also works as a fulltime software engineer with OracleAnderson said there is understandable disappointment in the camp right now but there is also a feeling of accomplishmenttheyre disappointed Theyre hurt Im hurt Your prides always on the line when youre playing these games and you never want to lose badly or have performances like that he said referring to the 10wicket loss to England hereBut again its looking at the bigger picture of it too If were a team and we first started and were beginning to be disappointed about how we play against these big teams and knowing that we can do better thats a great sign because it means we can give more he explainedCorey Anderson did not display any extraordinary knock in the 20 World Cup 2024 Acknowledging that he said it hurt the team as he was among the most experienced in their lineupMy performance has been lacklustre for what I expected myself I think as a team we did a fantastic job to get to where we were and we had different guys stepping up at different timesUnfortunately I couldnt chime in and help when we probably the wheels were falling off a little bit I needed to play better than what I did and there was probably opportunities that I missed out on he saidWith PTI Inputs