Bangladesh falls and loses in the second T20 against the co-hosts, days before the T20 World Cup begins.
The United States defeated Bangladesh by six runs to win their second Twenty20 international and record a shock victory in the three-match series in Houston, Texas.
Chasing a modest 145 to win on Thursday, Bangladesh were well placed at 78-2 before losing their last eight wickets in 60 runs to crash out and defeat two days after losing the opening match by five wickets.
Fast bowler Ali Khan claimed 3-25 for the home team while Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (36) and former captain Shakib Al Hasan (30) were the main run-makers for their team in a total of 138 .
“A lot of the credit goes to the bowlers. They really stepped up and gave their best game to restrict the Bangladesh batsmen,” said Khan, the player of the match.
“We took wickets at crucial stages and that put pressure on Bangladesh again.”
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The series is being played as part of the build-up to the Twenty20 World Cup in the US and the Caribbean, which begins on June 1.
The final game of the series will also take place on Saturday in Houston.
“I think it's very disappointing for us. I think we lost wickets in almost all the middle stages,” Shanto said.
“I hope we can play some good cricket in the next match. I think it's not a problem with skills. “We should change our mentality and way of thinking.”
After restricting the United States to 144-6 in 20 overs, Bangladesh were shaken after just four balls when opener Soumya Sarkar was caught and bowled by Saurabh Netravalkar without scoring.
They were 30-2 in the fifth over when fellow opener Tanzid Hasan, who had been called into the side to replace veteran pacer Liton Das, was bowled cleanly by Jasdeep Singh for 19.
At 78-2, Bangladesh looked in control but lost captain Shanto, who was run out in an embarrassing mix-up with Towhid Hridoy.
His departure caused a rapid relegation of the Asian team, ranked ninth in the world, to the Americans in 19th.
Hridoy was bowled by former New Zealand star Corey Anderson for 25 before 38-year-old Mahmudullah (3), the veteran of 130 T20s, was also cleaned up by left-arm seamer Shadley van Schalkwyk.
The same bowler also returned Jaker Ali, and when Khan broke Shakib's stumps, playing in his 121st T20 international, the Bangladeshis were 124-7 and staring at defeat.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib was lbw of Khan. Shoriful Islam fell to Netravalkar before Khan caught the last man, Rishad Hossain, to end the match.
Earlier, US captain Monank Patel top-scored with 42 off 38 balls and was well supported by fellow opener Steven Taylor (31) and Aaron Jones' 35.
Shoriful, Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad took two wickets each for Bangladesh.
