Liton Das smashed a T20I career-best 73 as Bangladesh surprised world champions England to comb the sequence 3-0 Tuesday in a large upset in entrance of an ecstatic residence crowd. In a serious humiliation for England’s usually medical white ball unit forward of the 50-over World Cup in India later this yr, Bangladesh received the third and remaining T20 in Dhaka by 16 runs. Bangladesh had taken the primary recreation by six wickets and the second by 4 wickets to present the house aspect their first sequence victory over defending T20 and ODI World Cup champions England in any format.
“It’s really disappointing obviously to lose but congratulations to Bangladesh. They outplayed us and they deserve their victory,” mentioned England captain Jos Buttler.
Set 159 to win after profitable the toss and opting to bowl, England managed solely 142 for the lack of six wickets regardless of a robust begin as Taskin Ahmed took 2-26.
Debutant Tanvir Islam dismissed Phil Salt for a duck within the very first over.
But Dawid Malan, who survived on assessment after being given out lbw for six, and Buttler seemed to be cruising, placing England on observe with a second-wicket stand of 95.
Mustafizur Rahman added the primary twist within the contest by eradicating Malan for 53, which introduced him his one hundredth T20I wicket.
Buttler was quickly run out for 40 with a direct hit from Mehidy Hasan that introduced Bangladesh firmly again into the competition and acquired the group going.
Buttler admitted that his dismissal “potentially cost (us) the game.”
“(I was) really disappointed in myself for not diving and not making my ground. You know you should be fully committed to making that run,” Buttler mentioned after the match.
Taskin claimed the wickets of Moeen Ali (9) and Ben Duckett (11) earlier than Shakib Al Hasan removed Sam Curran (4) to finish the rout.
Put into bat, opener Liton had given Bangladesh a optimistic begin, placing on 55 runs with Rony Talukdar within the opening stand.
England’s first breakthrough got here when Adil Rashid dismissed Rony for twenty-four however Najmul Hossain and Liton added 84 runs for the second wicket to maintain up momentum.
England missed an opportunity to dismiss Liton quickly after the right-hander accomplished his ninth T20I half-century when Duckett dropped him on 51 at deep mid-wicket off Jofra Archer.
Chris Jordan introduced an finish to Liton’s 57-ball innings, forcing him to present a catch to Salt at deep mid-wicket.
England did properly to comprise the Bangladeshi batsmen after Liton’s dismissal with just one boundary struck within the demise overs.
But Najmul, who survived on 40 after being given lbw off Jordan, ensured Bangladesh nonetheless had an honest rating together with his third 40-plus innings within the sequence.
Jordan and Rashid completed with 1-21 and 1-23 for England respectively.
“The wicket played better as it went on and I thought it was a good score to restrict them to. And we got into a position where hopefully we (could) kick on and win the game,” Buttler mentioned. “But that didn’t happen.”
Bangladesh skipper Shakib mentioned his batsmen had carried out properly on a difficult wicket.
“We were really good in this T20 series, I thought we fielded exceptionally throughout these three matches. I think all the bowlers bowled well, they have been always good,” mentioned Bangladesh skipper Shakib.
“I thought we batted really well on a tricky wicket,” he mentioned. “We knew we needed to bowl properly and… persist with our plans.
England received the previous three-match one-day worldwide sequence 2-1.
(This story has been edited by Mahaz News employees …)
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