The USA will host group stage video games within the event, co-hosted with the West Indies, and the three-match sequence with Bangladesh serves as their predominant warm-up.
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Regardless of being ranked 19th on the earth T20 rankings, beneath Nepal and Oman, the People outperformed their extra skilled opponents, who’re ranked ninth.
Bangladesh managed 153 for six, with Towhid Hridoy top-scoring with 58 from 47 balls, whereas off-spinner Steven Taylor took two wickets for 9 runs from three overs.
The USA reached the goal with three balls to spare, because of an excellent 61-run partnership between Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh. At 94-5 with 5 overs remaining, the pair turned the sport round. Former New Zealand worldwide Anderson scored 34 off 25 balls with two sixes, whereas ex-Indian Below-19 participant Singh hit 33 off simply 13 deliveries, together with three sixes and two fours.
Anderson hit a six off the penultimate ball of the 19th over, leaving 9 wanted from the final six balls. Anderson then smashed Mahmudullah for one more six, adopted by a single, earlier than Singh struck the subsequent ball over extra-cover for 4 to clinch the win.
“It is an important feeling,” stated Singh. “I used to be backing myself and the primary facet of the sport was to remain within the sport until the final. It got here right down to our greatest efforts within the final over and I feel that was our plan,” he stated.
“Undoubtedly Corey brings a variety of expertise. He himself performed a variety of huge tournaments, huge video games. He is aware of how you can end video games and how you can keep calm underneath strain, end until the final ball…all of us look as much as him,” he stated.
The second sport of the sequence is scheduled for Thursday in Houston.
(With AFP inputs)
