Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh
Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA ;It’s the best possible build-up to the T20 World Cup for co-hosts USA. It is bad for Bangladesh.
USA 144 for 6 (Sanyas 42, Jones 35, Taylor 31, Rishad 2-21, Shariful 2-29, Mustafizur 2-31) Bangladesh 138 (Shant 36, Shakib 30, Ali Khan 3-25, Netrawaker 2-15) – 21) lost by six runs.
Ali Khan and Manak Patel-led USA battled their way to a T20I series win over Bangladesh at home in the three-match series in Texas on Thursday, taking a 2-0 lead. After winning the first game, Harmeet Singh’s three-wicket haul led the USA to a six-run victory in the second game.
USA bowled brilliantly in the death overs and Ali Khan picked up three of his wickets in that period, while Sourav Netrawalkar took one in the 19th over.
On Tuesday, when the USA won the first game, it was their first win against a top ten T20 team. This time they went one step further.
Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh
It is a cricket disaster for Bangladesh.
They could not chase 145 runs from the beginning. They lost two wickets in the powerplay before the rush of wickets, with captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Touhid Hrido putting on a 48-run stand. Shakib Al Hasan tried to take them home but was removed by Ali Khan in the 18th over to bring USA back into the game.
After opting to bowl first, Rishad Hossain led Bangladesh’s efficient bowling effort. He took 2 for 21, his best and most economical spell in T20Is, with Mustafizur Rahman and Shariful Islam also taking two each. USA captain Monak Patel top-scored with 42 and his deputy Aaron Jones 35, but the home side could not take advantage of a decent powerplay.
Enter the United States: Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh
In the chase, Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA ,Netravalkar gave the US an early breakthrough as they looked to defend a small total. He caught and bowled Soumya Sarkar who returned the bowler on the fourth ball of the innings. Tanjid Hasan hit a six off Ali Khan before hitting Steven Taylor for a boundary in the fourth over.
Tanjid, however, threw away his good start when he was bowled while pulling a delivery from Jesse Singh that was not low enough for a shot.
After that, Shanta and Hridoy, who made fifty in the first match, added 48 runs for the third wicket. Hridiya and Shanto hit Harmeet for a six each in the tenth over, both hitting the ball relatively straight.
But in the 11th over, composure and heart mixed and stuck in the middle of a quiet pitch. Corey Anderson then bowled Hriday for 25 off 21 balls in the 13th over, with Shadley van Schalkwyk doing the same to Mahmudullah in the 15th over.
Ali Khan is rocking it in the US.
Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh.
Shakib survived a runout attempt early in the 16th over when the point fielder failed to hit the stumps even as Shakib struggled to reach the striker’s edge. After the over he removed Jesse for two superb boundaries, first through point and then tickled the third ball.
Bangladesh’s joy, however, was short-lived. Shakib’s next ball, Zakir Ali fell to van Shakwick. Batting on 30, Shakib clipped an away delivery from Ali Khan onto his stumps, leaving the tail to finish the job. Just one ball later, Tanzim trapped Hasan lbw for a zero, to put the USA well and truly on top.
Ali Khan is the hero of the last over
Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh
Rishad hit Ali Khan for a one-bounce four at the end of the 18th over to keep Bangladesh in the hunt but Netrwakar bowled Shariful in the last over. Mustafizur took a single on the last ball of the over before getting a bye at the start of the last over. Rishad hit Ali Khan for a four at long-on but on the next ball, Ali Khan took an inside edge as he tried to ramp up the fast bowler, sparking huge celebrations for the USA.
Rishad struck after a good start for the USA.
Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh.
In the first half, Taylor and Monk took some time to get going but from the fourth over, the USA opening pair hit two boundaries. Taylor hit Tanjim for two fours in the fourth over and Mustafizur and Shakib for sixes in the next over.
But the USA lost two big wickets shortly after the end of the powerplay. Rishad ran towards Taylor and hit Tanjid Hasan on the neck. He scored 31 runs off 28 balls with two sixes and three fours. Rishad was caught by Andris Ghaus for no run in the next ball. He finished with his best T20I figures with 21 runs in four overs.
Shariful, Mustafizur joined the team.
Ali Khan and Manak Patel led USA to a historic T20 series win over Bangladesh
Monk and Jones added 60 runs for the third wicket but they batted at just 6.42 runs per over. Jones was much more fluent than in the previous game, though, hitting Rishad for a six over long on, but the big hits were generally few and far between.
Bangladesh got their reward in the last four overs keeping Jones and Manook under ten overs. Mustafizur removed Jones with a long-on catch for 35 runs off 34 balls. Both Anderson and Monk were bowled by Shariful in the 19th over. Harmeet scored zero runs after Mustafizur. But as it turned out, the United States had enough on board.