Bangladesh whitewashed world champion England of their Twenty20 sequence by successful the third sport by 16 runs on Tuesday. Opener Liton Das hit a career-best 73 and Najmul Hossain Shanto 47 not out for Bangladesh to place up 158-2 on a sluggish Mirpur pitch.
Dawid Malan and skipper Jos Buttler had England on observe to keep away from being swept till their dismissals in consecutive deliveries. England slumped to 142-6.
Bangladesh earned its first T20 sweep of main opposition, whereas England was swept for under the third time after Australia in 2014 and South Africa in 2016.
“We talked about showing character ahead of the series and that’s what we showed,” Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan mentioned.
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“We were put into a tough position but won the game. That’s the thing that will give us the confidence as we are build a team for the 2024 T20 World Cup.”
Left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam, on debut, struck along with his third ball when he eliminated opener Phil Salt for a duck. Then Malan hit a 47-ball 53 with six fours and two sixes and placed on a 95-run stand with Buttler, who seemed to be in supreme contact with 40 off 31, together with 4 fours and a six. But Malan edged behind to offer tempo bowler Mustafizur Rahman his one hundredth T20 wicket, and Mehidy Hasan ran out Buttler with a direct hit from level. England collapsed from there, attempting to keep up the asking run fee.
“Our fielding was top notch. Those two wickets in two balls changed the game completely,” Shakib mentioned.
England coach Mathew Mott agreed.
“The turning point was the run out, it was an amazing piece of fielding,” Mott mentioned.
“You’d back yourself with Jos set at the back end there, got his eye in, and was ready to go. It really turned the game.”
“We lost two wickets in the over. I thought we had enough of a platform that, if one of those two batted through, we would have given it a big shake at the back end.”
Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed took 2-26 to obtain man of the match and, when England wanted an unlikely 27 off the final over, Hasan Mahmud conceded simply two boundaries.
England additionally bowled fantastically on the loss of life, giving up solely 27 runs in 5 overs to Bangladesh, and just one 4. But Bangladesh capitalized on dropped catches to construct a aggressive complete.
Opener Liton Das, who made simply 26 runs within the final 5 matches in opposition to England, returned to type with a 57-ball 73 studded with 10 fours and one six. Liton introduced up his ninth fifty off 41 balls, then was dropped on 51 by Ben Duckett. Rony Talukdar was dropped by Rehan Ahmed off Jofra Archer however the injury was restricted.
Liton and Talukdar shared 55 within the opening stand earlier than Talukdar gave legspinner Adil Rashid a return catch, and Liton and Najmul Hossain Shanto mixed for 84 for the second wicket.
Liton was lastly fooled by a slower ball from Chris Jordan which carried to Salt. Shanto noticed the innings out with an unbeaten 47 off 36.
“We were really proud of our one-day (series) win (2-1). That was a massive effort,” Mott mentioned.
“To finish the way we did today will leave a bit of a sour taste in our mouths but it also should act as an eye-opener for us on where we need to improve.”
