On Tuesday, Bangladesh registered a historic 3-0 clear sweep victory over England within the T20I collection. The Shakib Al Hasan-led facet shocked the world champions, registering a 16-run win within the remaining recreation of the collection as England did not chase down a 159-run goal in Dhaka. This was England’s first T20I clean-sweep collection defeat in 9 years after a George Bailey-led facet had registered a 3-0 win over the English crew in 2014. For Bangladesh, this was the primary time once they registered a whitewash towards a full-member nation within the shortest format of the sport.
Following their thumping win, Bangladesh U19 facet’s batting guide Wasim Jaffer posted a savage tweet focusing on former England captain Michael Vaughan. Jaffer and Vaughan had been partaking in Twitter banter over the previous few years, and persevering with on the identical, Jaffer posted an image of him carrying a Bangladesh coaching jersey, writing, “Hello @MichaelVaughan, very long time no see #BANvENG.”
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Bangladesh have, thus, continued on their robust performances at residence within the limited-overs codecs. The facet had defeated Australia (4-1) and New Zealand (3-2) in T20I collection forward of the T20 World Cup final yr, and likewise beat India 2-1 within the ODI collection in December final yr.
“We talked about showing character ahead of the series and that’s what we showed,” Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan stated after their win over England.
“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.”
Opener Liton Das hit a career-best 73 and Najmul Hossain Shanto’s unbeaten 47 assist Bangladesh put up 158-2 on a gradual Mirpur pitch. Dawid Malan and skipper Jos Buttler had England on observe to keep away from being swept till their dismissals in consecutive deliveries triggered a batting collapse. England finally slumped to 142-6 in 20 overs.
The English crew did win the ODI collection towards Bangladesh final month (2-1) however the hosts secured a 50-run victory within the remaining match of the collection. The Shakib-led facet will return to motion within the shortest format of the sport on March 18 when it takes on Ireland at residence.
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