America defeated Bangladesh by 6 runs in the second T20 match of three match T20 series in Prairie View Cricket Complex, Houston on Thursday.

In the match played in Houston, America scored 144 runs for 6 wickets, Monanik Patel scored 42 runs, Erin Jones scored 35 runs and Steven Taylor scored 31 runs.

For Bangladesh, Irshad Hussain, Sharaful Islam and Mustafizur Rehman took 2 wickets each.

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In response to the target of 145 runs, the Bangladesh team was bowled out for 138 runs in the last over, Najamul Hussain scored 36 runs and Shakibul Hasan scored 30 runs. Thus USA defeated Bangladesh by 6 runs in the second T20I.

USA gained an unbeaten lead of 2-0 n the series consisting of 3 matches.