Bangladesh Tigers clean sweep England Lions
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Bangladesh completed a clean sweep over World Champions England in the T20I series, winning the third match by 16 runs at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Tuesday.
Bangladesh restricted England to 142-6 after 20 overs with the help of Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman's impressive bowling figures.
Chasing a 159-run target, England were gliding on the partnership of Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler as the duo added 95 runs for the second wicket after the early dismissal of opener Phil Salt (0).
Mustafizur gave the breakthrough by returning Malan on 53 in the 13th over while Mehidy Hasan Miraz run-out Buttler (40) on the next ball by an incredible throw.
Fizz's crucial over helped Bangladesh gain momentum and changed the whole landscape of the game as England kept losing wickets at regular intervals Moeen Ali (9), Ben Duckett (11) and Sam Curran (4) could not hold the ground for long as well.
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Taskin took a couple of wickets as Mustafizur completed his 100th T20I wickets by taking one, while debutant Tanvir Islam and Shakib al Hasan picked one each.
Earlier, opener Litton Das smashed a 57-ball 73 to help Bangladesh reach a decent total of 158 in 20 overs after being invited to bat first.
Litton led to a promising start posting 55 runs for the opening partnership but Rony Talukdar was removed just after the first powerplay, he contributed 24 runs.
England missed a chance to dismiss Liton soon after the right-hander completed his ninth T20I half-century when Ben Duckett dropped him on 51 at deep mid-wicket off Jofra Archer.
Najmul Hossain Shanto continued his excellent form as he scored 47 off 36 and made 84 runs partnership with Litton, while Shakib was unbeaten on 4*. Shanto was adjudged the player of the series for his outstanding run throughout the series.
Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid finished with 1-21 and 1-23 for England respectively.
England won the preceding three-match one-day international series 2-1.
