Bangladesh series loss to USA

6 balls require 12. Bangladesh have only 1 wicket. The situation favors the United States. Rishad Hossain took a risk from the leg bye on the first ball and Mostafizur Rahman struck. Rishad raised the raft of hope by hitting a four off the second ball. But the next ball is all over! While scooping, Rishad caught the wicketkeeper on the third ball.

Before the start of the World Cup, Bangladesh suffered a big blow by 'stepping on a rotten snail'. The red and green team, which is ahead on paper and in power, lost the series by 6 runs in the second consecutive match. The last match of the series is now a survival battle for Bangladesh, while USA Cricket, which started playing T20 only 5 years ago, is the logistics of moving forward.

USA lost the toss and went into bat to score 144 for 6 at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston on Thursday (May 23). Bangladesh were all out for 138 before 3 balls to chase.

Bangladesh got off to a shaky start in the power play after losing two openers. In the first over, Soumya Sarkar returned for zero runs on his first ball. Tanjid Hasan Tamim, who got a chance in place of Liton Das, settled down and returned with 15-ball runs.

This time, captain Nazmul Hossain continued to move forward calmly with Tawheed Hriday. At one end, Tawheed kept the wheels of the run going but Shant was slow. Still, the pairing of the two was giving relief. Shant gave a glimpse of a big innings by hitting a six. But no, he proved that he has no heart to play by running out. The 48-run partnership was broken when Shanto returned with 36 runs from 34 balls.

Tawheed also returned without breaking Shantar's wicket. 25 runs came from his bat in 21 balls. Bangladesh's wicket procession started with his out. Mahmudullah Riyad (3), Zaker Ali Anik (4), Shakib Al Hasan (30) and Tanjim Hasan Shakib returned one by one. 92 to 125; Bangladesh lost 5 wickets with a gap of 34 runs and was knocked out of the match.

Experienced Shakib Al Hasan was playing at one end. He also could not handle the danger of the team. After getting out for 30 runs in 23 balls, the fear of loss surrounded the Tiger camp. Tail Ender Shariful Islam played 4 balls and scored 1 run. The only hope was Rishad's (9) outing and Bangladesh lost. Ali Khan took maximum 3 wickets for USA. Sourav-Shadley took 2 wickets each.

Earlier, USA started well by losing the toss and batting. The two openers added 42 runs in the power play. Rishad Hossain gave Bangladesh a break through with two consecutive wickets. The pair broke when opener Steven Taylor returned with 31 runs.

The new batsman Andreas Gomez got out on Rishad's first ball at the crease. After returning two batters in a row, the USA's run rate was still going strong. Monangk Patel-Aaron Jones made a partnership of 60 runs from 56 balls. The pair broke when Jones got out for 35 runs.

Kari Anderson couldn't take advantage when he came to the crease. Scored 11 runs. This time, Patel, who was playing at the other end, also returned with a maximum of 42 runs. In the previous match, Mustafizur Rahman did not give runs in this match despite bowling randomly in the death overs. Even with the wicket in hand, their innings stopped before 150. Nitish Kumar-Shadley Claude Van was unbeaten at the end with equal 7 runs. Shariful Islam, Mostafizur Rahman and Rishad Hossain took 2 wickets each for Bangladesh.