India, Feb. 13 -- It's tough getting dropped after one quiet game. Perhaps even tougher batting slightly out of position upon return.

Saiteja Mukkamalla, the USA batter of Indian heritage, put both those challenges aside to deliver a match-winning 51-ball 79 against the Netherlands in Chennai.

The 93-run romp not only gave USA their first victory of this T20 World Cup, but also against the Dutch in men's T20Is.

His father hailing from Andhra, New Jersey-born Mukkamalla had a brief training stint at VVS Laxman's academy a few years ago while shuffling from the US to Hyderabad and back to the US.

He has been shuffled around in this World Cup too. Dropped for the Pakistan clash after a 7-ball 2 against India, despite scoring a fifty agai...