Mukkamalla launches USA's fightback after Patel's wicket.
Klaassen is back in the attack and Mukkamalla waits on and cuts the wide ball past backward point for a four to bring up USA's 100.
Wide ball again and again same treatment is meted out and that is another four.
Two dots later, Mukkamalla takes a single towards point.
Klaassen strikes on the last ball of the over as he bowls a slower length ball, Krishnamurthi goes for the drive, missses and the ball goes on to crash into the leg stump and he is out for 1.
Sanjay Krishnamurthi is the new man in as van der Merwe continues, Mukkamalla starts the over with a single.
Krishnamurthi then gets off the mark with a single.
Mukkamalla the cuts to deep backward point for a couple.
Mukkamalla then hammers the full ball over the keeper for a four!
A wide ball later, Mukkamalla then lofts the ball over cover, three fielders converge but the ball still runs to the boundary.
A single to end the over as 14 come off it.
Bas de Leede is back in the attack and Patel and Mukkamalla take 9 runs including a boundary off the first five balls before de Leede bowls a short bouncer, Patel tries to ramp it, the ball flies off the top edge and the keeper runs back and pouches it safely as he is out for 36 off 22.
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