USA 144 for 6 (Monank 42, Jones 35, Taylor 31, Rishad 2-21, Shoriful 2-29, Mustafizur 2-31) won Bangladesh 138 (Shanto 36, Shakib 30, Ali Khan 3-25, Netravalkar 2-15, van Schalkwyk 2-21) by six runs
For Bangladesh, it is a cricket disaster.
The US invades
After that, Shanto and Hridoy, who made a fifty in the first game, added 48 runs for the third wicket. Hridoy and Shanto hit Harmeet for six each in the tenth over, both hitting the ball relatively straight.
Ali Khan is changing it the US way
Shakib survived a run-out attempt at the start of the 16th over when the wicketkeeper failed to hit the stumps even as Shakib struggled to reach the striker’s end. He pulled it off by timing two lovely fours off Jessy later in the over, first off point and then past third.
However, Bangladesh’s joy was short lived. Jaker Ali fell to van Schalkwyk before Shakib followed him back on the next ball. Batting on 30, Shakib clipped a delivery away from Ali Khan onto his stumps, leaving the tail to finish the job. Ali Khan then trapped Tanzim Hasan lbw for a duck just a ball later to put the USA well and truly on top.
Ali Khan the last hero
Rishad hit Ali Khan for a one-bounce four at the end of the 18th over to keep Bangladesh in the hunt, but Netravalkar bowled Shoriful in the penultimate over. Mustafizur took a single off the last ball of the over, before giving a bye at the start of the last over. Rishad hit Ali Khan for a four, but on the next ball, Ali Khan got the inside edge as he tried to ramp up the fast bowler, sparking huge celebrations for the USA.
Rishad strikes after a good start in the US
In the first half, Taylor and Monank took a while to get going, but by the fourth end, the USA’s opening pair closed some boundaries. Taylor hit Tanzim for two fours in the fourth over before cracking Mustafizur and Shakib for sixes in the next overs.
But shortly after the end of the powerplay without loss, the USA lost two big wickets. Rishad fell to Taylor, who hit it on the neck of Tanjid Hasan. He made 31 off 28 balls with two sixes and three fours. On the next ball, Rishad had Andries Gous caught back for a duck with a beautiful legbreak. He finished with T20I best figures of 2 for 21 from four overs.
Shoriful, Mustafizur enters the party
Monank and Jones then added 60 runs for the third wicket but earned only 6.42 per over. Jones was more fluent than in the previous game, however, hitting Rishad for six over long-off, but big hits were few and far between.
After keeping Jones and Monank in check for just under ten overs, Bangladesh got their reward in the last four overs. Mustafizur removed Jones for 35 off 34, caught at long-on. Sorriful bowled both Anderson and Monnock in the 19th over. And Mustafizur had Harmeet soon after for a duck. But as it turned out, the US had enough on the board.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84