USA vs BAN 2nd T20I
The T20 World Cup is to be organized in the month of June this year in America and West Indies. All the teams are working hard for this tournament and in this series, the Bangladesh team is on a tour of America before the World Cup. Where a three-match T20 series is being organized between Bangladesh and America. America had won the first match of this series and now they have won the second match as well. With this, America has also won the series. They are leading 2-0 in this series and in the third match, they have a chance to create history by clean sweeping Bangladesh.
how was the match
In the second match of the T20 series being played between America and Bangladesh, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, the American team came on the field to bat and scored 144 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. During this, the team’s openers Steven Taylor and Monank Patel made a great start and both added 44 runs for the first wicket. Steven Taylor scored 31 runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes in 28 balls, while Monank Patel played an innings of 42 runs in 38 balls. Apart from these two, Aaron Jones scored 35 runs and CJ Anderson scored 11 runs. Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur and Rishad Hussain took two wickets each for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh did not have a big target in the second innings of the match. Let us tell you that the USA team is ranked 19th in the ICC T20 rankings. Bangladesh team is ranked 9th. Chasing a target of 145 runs in this match, Bangladesh team was all out at 138 in 19.3 overs and USA won the match by 6 runs. The third match of the series will be played on May 25. In this match, USA’s Ali Khan has been selected as the Player of the Match for his excellent bowling. He took 3 wickets for 25 runs in 3.3 overs.
Bangladesh in trouble before T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup to be played in America and West Indies is starting from June 1. Both the teams are participating in this tournament. Where the US team has been placed in Group A along with India, Ireland, Pakistan and Canada. The US team will play against these teams during the group stage. Bangladesh’s group includes South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Netherlands. In such a situation, such performance of Bangladesh before the World Cup is not a good sign for the team.
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