Days before the start of the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh suffered a slump after losing the second T20 against the co-hosts.
The USA defeated Bangladesh by six runs to win their second Twenty20 international match, with a shock victory in the three-match series in Houston, Texas.
Chasing a modest 145 to win on Thursday, Bangladesh were in a good position at 78-2 before losing their last eight wickets for 60 runs to a crushing defeat two days after losing their opener by five wickets. was.
Fast bowler Ali Khan led the home team to 3 wins and 25 losses, while Bangladesh captain Nazimul Hossain Shanto (36) and former captain Shakib Al Hasan (30) were the team’s main scorers. He scored a total of 138 points.
“A lot of credit goes to the bowlers. They really put in the effort and put up a great game to restrict the Bangladesh batsmen,” said Man of the Match Khan.
“We took wickets at crucial times and put Bangladesh under pressure again.”
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The series is part of preparations for the Twenty20 World Cup in the United States and the Caribbean, which begins on June 1.
The series finale will also be held Saturday in Houston.
“I think it’s very unfortunate for us. I think we lost wickets in almost every over in the middle,” Shanto said.
“Hopefully we can play good cricket in the next match. Skill-wise I don’t think we will be OK. We just need to change our mindset and our mindset.”
After restricting the USA to 144-6 in the 20th over, Bangladesh were left reeling after just four balls when opener Soumya Sarkar was caught and bowled by Saurabh Netravalkar and failed to score.
They were 30-2 in five overs when fellow opener Tanjid Hasan, called up in the squad in place of veteran run-getter Liton Das, was clean bowled by Jasdeep Singh for 19.
At 78-2, Bangladesh looked to be in control but then lost their captain Shanto and was run out in an embarrassing mix-up with Towhid Hridoy.
His exit caused a steep drop in the Asian team’s rankings, compared with 19th for the Americans, who are ranked 9th in the world.
Hridoy was bowled by former New Zealand star Corey Anderson for 25 before 38-year-old Mahmudullah (3), a veteran of 130 T20s, was also cleaned up by left-arm seamer Shadley van Schalkwyk.
The same bowler also hit back Jaquel Ali and by the time Shakib, playing in his 121st T20 international, was smashed by Khan, Bangladesh were at 124 for 7 and on the brink of defeat.
Tanzim Hasan Saqib was felled lbw by Khan, Shoriful Islam was brought down by Netravalkar and Khan ended the match with his final over having Rishad Hossain caught behind.
Earlier, US captain Monank Patel top-scored with 42 off 38 balls, while fellow openers Steven Taylor (31) and Aaron Jones both added good numbers with 35 off each.
Shoriful, Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad each picked up two wickets for Bangladesh.
