After the defeat that they faced in the hands of the United States in the first game, Bangladesh will now try to save face. They will be keen to take away a lot of learnings ahead of the T20 World Cup, slated to be held in June this year. The United States will be on Cloud Nine after that result.
Bangladesh have their powerplay woes haunting them, and they will be keen on correcting them as soon as possible ahead of this match. They cannot afford to go into the World Cup on the back of a poor run of form, and it will be interesting to see how well they cope with the challenges.
The United States have a lot of top-quality players who have been recruited from various nationalities across the world. Bangladesh, on the other hand, seem to be suffering as their spin-heavy bowling attack is not able to express itself fully in these rather challenging conditions.
Predicted Squads
USA: Monank Patel (c & wk), Steven Taylor, Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Nitish Kumar, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar.
BAN: Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam.
Key Players
Harmeet Singh (USA): Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh played a big role for the USA in their win over Bangladesh in the first game of the series. The former India U-19 bowler will be keen on matching up to the likes of Shakib Al Hasan in this game with his performance.
Towhid Hridoy (BAN): Middle-order batter Towhid Hridoy, who is still a young lad, has a major role to play for Bangladesh in this game. He was fast-tracked into the senior side after a stellar showing in the BPL last season. He can both hit the ball a long way and rotate the strike.
Match Prediction
Bangladesh are the overwhelming favourites to beat USA despite having lost to them in the first game. What happened to Bangladesh in that game can be ruled out as a one-off event, and they will be expected to come back strongly in the rest of the series and win this game as well.
