Riding excessive on Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh’s valiant effort, cricketing upstarts US pulled off a serious upset, defeating Bangladesh by 5 wickets within the first T20I of the three-match sequence right here on the Prairie View Cricket Complex. At a time the giants and recognised cricketing nations are gearing up for the highly-anticipated T20 World Cup, which is lower than ten days away, the co-hosts of the marquee occasion pulled off an unprecedented victory over a decidedly stronger and much-fancied Bangladesh facet.
After managing to maintain Bangladesh to 153/6 within the first innings, the USA gave themselves a platform to bolster their possibilities of pulling off an upset. The opening pair of Steven Taylor and captain Monank Patel raced to 27 runs within the first three overs.
But Monank (12) bought run out on the non-striker’s finish. Andries Gous (23) arrived on the crease and scored runs at a brisk tempo earlier than shedding his wicket to Rishad Hossain. Taylor (28) seemed properly set for an prolonged keep on the crease however Mustafizur Rahman bought higher of the batter.
As the promising-looking chase began to go astray within the center overs, Anderson and Harmeet raised hopes of a win. Harmeet modified the complexion of the sport with back-to-back sixes off Mustafizur within the seventeenth over.
In the 18th over, Shoriful Islam fell on the receiving finish as Harmeet placed on a boundary fest. A towering six on the second ball was adopted by a boundary on the ultimate supply. With 14 runs within the over, the equation got here all the way down to 24 runs within the remaining two. Anderson took the mantle of ending off the sport with two sixes and a boundary within the subsequent 9 balls. His ending touches sealed a 5-wicket win for the USA over Bangladesh.
Earlier within the innings, after profitable the toss and placing Bangladesh to bat, it was a average efficiency from the guests. A conservative method within the powerplay, noticed Bangladesh put 37/2 on board. Shakib Al Hasan struggled earlier than getting run out.
Towhid Hridoy (58) starred with the bat on the again of his efficiency within the not too long ago concluded Zimbabwe sequence. Mahmudullah led the assault within the demise overs. But USA bowlers stored their line and size tight to limit Bangladesh to 153/6.
