History was made by tigers.They hadn`t played a single bilateral T20I series in 17 years against the current white-ball champions England. When they did, they effectively and comfortably whitewashed them. A revamped Bangladesh defeated England by 16 runs in the third Twenty20 International to win the series 3-0 and achieve just their second Test-playing nation whitewash.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh defeated England by 16 runs in the third T20I in Mirpur to record a 3-0 cleansweep in the T20I series.
Having conceded the series last Sunday, Jos Buttler’s men opted to field first against Bangladesh which posted 158 for two on the back of opener Litton Das’ 57-ball 73.
In reply, England was 100 for one in 13 overs with Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan at the crease before the host triggered.
Pacer Taskin Ahmed scalped two wickets while captain Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman added one apiece.
England, the defending T20 World Cup champion, then surrendered at 142 for six - suffering its first T20 series whitewash (min. 3 match series) in nine years.
Australia led by George Bailey, became the first team to whitewash England when it registered a 3-0 win at home in early 2014.
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