Bangladesh scripted history after defeating💦 England in the third and final♑ T20I at the ෴Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. It was the first time that Bangladesh ha🌊d beaten England in a series in any format.
Put to bat first, Bangladesh managed to reach 158/2, with opener Litton Das smashing a brilliant half-century. Litton was the standout performer, scoring 73 off 57 deliveries with the help of ten fours and one six. Apart from the veteran batter, Najmul Hussain Shanto also shined with the bat, staying unbea𝐆ten on 47 off 36 balls, with the help of one four and two six﷽es.
In response, the World T20 champions lost Philip Salt early but recovered quickly thanks to Dawid Malan and skipper Jos Buttler. The duo took the team total to 100 by adding 95 runs for the fi♚rst wicket as England were looking well and truly set to chase down the target.
However, the hosts came back in the game after removing Malan for a well-made 53 from 47 deliveries, including 6 fours and 2 sixes. Malan’s dismissal triggered a major collapse as the English side could only reach 142/6 in 20 overs to lose the contest by 16 runs.
After the game, Buttler congratulate๊d Bangladesh and admitted that the Tigers completely outplayed the T20 World Champions. Buttler said they missed some oꦬpportunities on the field and was hoping the team could chase the target down but it didn’t happen.
“Really disappointing to lose the series, congratulations to Bangladesh, they outplayed us completely. We came back well (at the death), we missed some opportunities in the field which is disappointing. The wicket got better as it went on and I thought we did well to restrict them to the total we did. We hoped we could chase it down but it didn’t happen. Losing two wickets quickly was crucial. Very disappointed in myself for not diving and being fully committed to completing that run,” said Buttler in the post-match presentation.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Celebration after the Series 𓆏Win | 3rd T20i | |
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
BANGLADESH BANGLA-WASH THE WORLD CHAMPIONS. 🇧🇩
Tigers’ greatest T20I series win till date. ⭐️
— Saif Ahmed 🇧🇩 (@saifahmed75)
Hello , long time no see 😏
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
🏆🇧🇩
— Litton Das (@LittonOfficial)
History – Bangladesh white-washed World Champions England 3-0 in T20I.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
A huge victory for Bangladesh 💥
The Tigers have whitewashed the reigning Men's Champions England 3-0 in the T20I series 🔥 | 📝:
— ICC (@ICC)
Bangladesh have clean-swept the T20 World Champions England 3-0 in the T20I seriไes.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
1⃣0⃣0⃣ times when Mustafizur has worked his magic in T20Iꦯs ✨
One of the finest with the white-ball 💯
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Bangladesh complete their first T20I whitewash against a full member t♔eam (min: 3 ma💦tches).
1st T20I – Beat ENG by 6 wickets
2nd T20I – Beat ENG by 4 wickets
3rd T20I – Beat ENG by 16 runs— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Bangladesh win and take the T20 series 3-0.
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy)
Historical moments for
Bangladesh clean swept World champion by 3-0— Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888)
What a win for Bangladesh … 3-0 White wash ❤️👏🏻
— Abu Bakar Tarar (@abubakarSays_)