In a huge upset before T20 World Cup, USA defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in the first T20 International match of the series.

USA has won the first victory against an International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 top 10 ranking team.

In the match played in Houston yesterday, Bangladesh batted first and scored 153 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Tawheed was prominent by playing an innings of 58 runs while Mohammad Riaz scored 31, Soumya Sarkar 20, Liton Das 14 and Shakib Al Hasan scored 6 runs.

USA achieved the target of 154 runs for the loss of 5 wickets three balls earlier.

On behalf of America, Harmeet Singh played a great innings of 33 runs and played an important role in the success, while Corey Anderson scored 34 runs and Steven Taylor scored 28 runs.