Lucknow: Bangladesh's disappointing performance continues before the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Actually, the Bangladeshi team is currently on a tour of the United States, where a three-match T20 series is being played between the two teams. The second match of this series was played on 23 May, in which the USA won by 6 runs and also won the series. Let us tell you that just before the World Cup, this is a warning from the host country to the rest of the countries because they have defeated the strong Bangladesh in the T20 series. With this, they have created history.
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Actually, this is the first time that USA has defeated any Test playing country in a T-20 series. So they had defeated Bangladesh in the first match also and now they have won the series also. In this match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first and after this their bowlers performed well and restricted USA to 144 runs. For Bangladesh, fast bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam bowled excellently and took 2 wickets each. Apart from him, star spinner Rishad Hussain also bowled well and showed the way to the pavilion to 2 batsmen.
Batting first in this match, America scored 144 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Monak Patel scored the highest for them, scoring 42 runs in 38 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Apart from him, Aaron Jones also scored 35 runs, while opener Steven Taylor also made an important contribution of 31 runs. Bangladesh did not have a good start while chasing the target of 145 runs and they lost their first wicket on just 1 run.
America's bowlers bowled excellently in this exciting match and Bangladesh lost the match by 6 runs. With this they have also lost the series. In this match for Bangladesh, captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto scored 36 runs on 34 balls. Apart from him, veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan played an inning of 30 runs in 23 balls. During this, 4 fours and one six came from his bat. Fast bowler Ali Khan bowled brilliantly for USA and gave away 25 runs in 3.3 overs, sending three batsmen to the pavilion.
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