Having already lost the series after losing the first two matches, Bangladesh's battle this time was to avoid a series whitewash. In the third and last match of the series against the United States, Nazmul Hossain Shanto's team performed well with the bat on such an even day. It started with Mustafiz's record wicket spell and Rishad's record economic bowling spell. After batting, Bangladesh reached the port of victory with the opening pair of Tamim-Soumya.
With this record 10-wicket win, Shanto-Sakib ended the series 2-1.
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to bowl at Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston, the venue of the previous two matches. There, the host team got a modest collection of 104 runs for 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs.
Bangladesh finally overcame the top-order batting failure after losing two matches in the Zimbabwe series and the USA series. Nazmul Hossain Shanto's team reached the target in 11 overs with 4 balls due to the efficient batting of the two openers, Tanjid Hasan Tamim and Soumya Sarkar. Tamim scored the team's maximum 58 runs off 42 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Meanwhile, Soumya was unbeaten with 43 runs off 28 balls.
Earlier, the United States got off to a good start with the batting storm of Adres Gus. But Shakib sent him back with the last ball of the fifth over. Mustafiz took the wicket maiden in the next over. Then the entire host team suffered from Mustafiz's pace ball. This left-arm pacer has picked up six wickets alone. In the end, USA was able to collect 104 runs for 9 wickets.
There, Mustafiz took 6 wickets with 9 runs in 4 overs for Bangladesh. He also won the man of the match award. This is the first time a Bangladeshi bowler has taken 6 wickets in an international T20. Meanwhile, Rishad Hossain who got 1 wicket in 4 overs gave only 7 runs, which is the most economical bowling in this format.
Besides, Bangladesh won the match by 10 wickets in this first international T20. Earlier, Bangladesh won by 9 wickets against Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in 2014 and 2020 respectively. Both those matches were in Mirpur. Meanwhile, it was the 55th 10-wicket win in T20 Internationals.