MIAMI: America defeated Bangladesh by six runs on Thursday to win the second Twenty20 Worldwide and declare a shock victory within the three-match collection at Houston.
Chasing a modest 145 to win, Bangladesh had been well-placed at 78-2 earlier than dropping their final eight wickets for 60 runs to crash to defeat two days after losing the opening match by 5 wickets.
Quick bowler Ali Khan claimed 3-25 for the house facet whereas Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (36) and former captain Shakib Al Hasan (30) had been their workforce’s major run-makers in a complete of 138.
“Quite a lot of credit score goes to the bowlers. They actually put within the effort and introduced their A-Sport to limit the Bangladeshi batsmen,” stated man-of-the-match Khan. “We took wickets at essential phases and that put the strain again on Bangladesh.”
The collection is being performed as a part of the build-up to the Twenty20 World Cup in america and Caribbean which begins on June 1.
The ultimate recreation additionally takes place in Houston on Saturday.
“I feel it’s very disappointing for us, we misplaced wickets I feel in nearly each over within the center,” stated Najmul. “I hope we are able to play some good cricket within the subsequent match. I feel it’s not an issue with the talents. We should always change our mentality and mindset.”
After limiting the USA to 144-6 in 20 overs, Bangladesh had been rocked after simply 4 balls when opener Soumya Sarkar was caught and bowled by Saurabh Netravalkar with out scoring.
They had been 30-2 within the fifth over when fellow opener Tanzid Hasan, who had been known as into the facet to switch veteran run-getter Liton Das, was clear bowled by Jasdeep Singh for 19.
At 78-2, Bangladesh appeared in management however misplaced skipper Najmul, run out an embarrassing mix-up with Towhid Hridoy.
His exit sparked a fast slide by the Asian facet who’re ranked at 9 on the earth in comparison with the Individuals at 19.
Towhid was bowled by former New Zealand star Corey Anderson for 25 earlier than 38-year-old Mahmudullah (three), the veteran of 130 T20s, was additionally cleaned-up by left-arm seamer Shadley van Schalkwyk.
The identical bowler additionally despatched again Jaker Ali and when Shakib, taking part in in his 121st T20 worldwide, had his stumps scattered by Khan, the Bangladeshis had been 124-7 and observing defeat.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib was lbw to Khan, Shoriful Islam fell to Netravalkar earlier than Khan had final man Rishad Hossain caught behind to finish the match.
Earlier, US skipper Monank Patel top-scored with 42 off 38 balls and was well-supported by fellow opener Steven Taylor (31) and Aaron Jones’s 35.
Shoriful, Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad all took two wickets every for Bangladesh.
Scores briefly:
UNITED STATES 144-6 in 20 overs (Monank Patel 42, Aaron Jones 35; Shoriful Islam 2-29, Mustafizur Rahman 2-31, Rishad Hossain 2-21); BANGLADESH 138 in 19.3 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 36, Shakib Al Hasan 30; Ali Khan 3-25, Saurabh Netravalkar 2-15, Shadley van Schalkwyk 2-21).
Revealed in Daybreak, Could twenty fifth, 2024