Co-host United States of America prompted an enormous sensation forward of the T20 World Cup, the Affiliate Nation beating a full member Bangladesh by 5 wickets within the first T20I on the Prairie View Cricket Complicated in Texas on Tuesday. Former Mumbai and India U-19 participant Harmeet Singh scored an unbeaten 33 and shared a vital partnership of 62 runs for the sixth wicket with former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson (34 not out) as USA chased down the goal after proscribing Bangladesh to a modest whole.
THE HISTORIC MOMENT IN HISTORY.
– USA defeated Bangladesh within the first 10 T20i. pic.twitter.com/rkemgE8k8N
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) Could 22, 2024
USA’s win over Bangladesh sparked a meme fest on social media.
This is how Web reacted:
Wow… Congratulations to USA..
However the reality.. is ‘TEAM USA’ a “mini India crew”
— CricStrick (@CricStrickAP) Could 21, 2024
USA defeated Bangladesh.. #BANvUSA
6 June ki tayyari
— Qamar Raza (@Rizzvi73) Could 21, 2024
No method Bangladesh acquired owned by USApic.twitter.com/wPd5a89Otj
— Ryzen18 (@Ryzen182) Could 21, 2024
USA defeated Bangladesh in a T20 sport
— Vaibhav Hatwal (@vaibhav_hatwal) Could 21, 2024
Electing to subject first, the US restricted Bangladesh to simply 153/6 in 20 overs regardless of a half-century by middle-order batter Tawhid Hridoy, who scored 58 off 47 balls, hitting 4 boundaries and two sixes. Mahmudullah contributed a 22-ball 31 whereas Soumya Sarkar contributed 20 runs to the rating.
Chasing a goal of 154, the US of America misplaced half of their crew with simply 94 runs as Mustafizur Rahman claimed 2-41 in 4 overs. He together with Shoriful Islam (1-21) and Rishad Hossain (1-16) prompted the harm to the USA innings.
Opener Steve Taylor contributed 28 runs off 29 balls, hitting one 4 and one six however skipper Monank Patel was out for 12 runs. Andries Gous struck an 18-ball 23 runs to prop up the innings earlier than they misplaced a few shut wickets with Aaron Jones (4) and Nitish Kumar (10) departing in fast succession.
However the co-hosts discovered their heroes in Anderson and Harmeet Singh as they raised 62 runs for the unfinished sixth-wicket partnership.
Anderson performed cautiously earlier than hitting Mustafizur Rahman and Mahmudullah for a six every. Harmeet hammered back-to-back sixes off Mustafizur Rahman within the seventeenth over earlier than hitting Shoriful Islam for a six within the 18th over and adopted it up with a boundary off the final ball of the over. He sealed victory for the USA with a 4 off Mahmudullah off the third ball of the nineteenth over to seal victory.
Transient scores:
Bangladesh 153/6 in 20 overs (Towhid Hridoy 58, Mahmudullah 31; Steven Taylor 2-9) misplaced to the USA 156/5 in 19.3 overs (Corey Anderson 34 not out, Harmeet Singh 33 not out; Mustafizur Rahman 2-41) by 5 wickets.
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