USA beat Bangladesh in Houston in preparation for T20 World Cup

It was an extremely late-timed race by the Americans in preparation for the historic event on their own shores, although the brewing signs toward tournament success held their nerve at the Prairie View Complex on Tuesday.

Despite falling to 78/4 (11.4) and 94/5 (14.5) in their chase of 154, Corey Anderson and Harmeet Singh regained control for the hosts, dismissing the Bangladesh bowlers in the last five overs, smashing 62 in just 27 deliveries. to end the chase with three balls in reserve.

While former New Zealand international Anderson produced a performance that fans are accustomed to seeing, finishing with 34* from 25 balls, murmurs of Harmeet’s quality from local observers were confirmed as the left-hander belted 33 * (13), including 11 on the last one. three hunting bullets.

Both men were ready to meet the challenges of Bangladesh’s bowling threats, notably world-class spinner Mustafizur Rahman, who was hit for 32 runs in overs 17 and 19. The left-armer took the wickets of Steven Taylor (28 of 29) and Aaron. Jones (4 off 12) seemingly gave his side the lead, although his figures of 2/9 in his first two overs were blown to 2/41 (4) by the end of the day.