Texas [USA], : USA head coach Stuart Law said that there are no favourites at the ICC T20 World Cup co-hosted by the US along with West Indies, following a 2-1 series win against Bangladesh, saying that the team had more desire and passion than their opponents in the first two games and wanted a win more than Bangladesh. In his first assignment as the newly appointed head coach of USA, Stuart Law has already helped the side to their record first T20I series victory against a full-member team.
“We had more desire and passion about the game in the first two matches,” said Law after the final T20I as quoted by ICC.
Bangladesh was able to bounce back in the last match with a 10-wicket win after an inspiring bowling performance from Mustafizur Rahman as he snared his career-best T20I figures of 6/10, restricting USA to 104/9, which Bangladesh chased down without losing a wicket, with Tanzid Hasan scoring an unbeaten 58* in 42 balls.
As the series win was locked, the USA rested key players – captain Monank Patel, opener Steven Taylor, all-rounder Harmeet Singh and fast bowler Ali Khan – to put their bench to the test with the T20 World Cup fast approaching.
“We wanted it a bit more than what they did. Today it was a different story. We may have relaxed a little bit. Bangladesh played pretty well. They will take this in their stride,” said Law.
