BANvsENG T20I: Bangladesh, who shocked England in the recently concluded third ODI, did the same in the latest T20 series. The reigning world champions are tasting back-to-back defeats.
First Published Mar 9, 2023, 6:06 PM IST
Bangladesh, who shocked India in the ODI series last year and won the series together, recently showed the same force against England, the winners of the T20 World Cup last year. At home, England is getting shocks after shocks. As part of the three ODI series, it is known that the team that lost won the third ODI even though they worked hard to win the first ODI. As part of the T20 series that started today, they defeated England in the first match and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
After winning the toss in the first T20 at Chattogram, Bangladesh handed over the bowling to England. The Butler gang, who came to bat first, managed to score 156 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
England openers Phil Salt (38) and Jos Buttler (67 off 42 balls, 4 fours, 4 sixes) added 80 runs for the first wicket. But Ben Duckett (20) was the only one who scored in double figures. David Malan (4), Moeen Ali (8), Sam Karan (6), Chris Woakes (1) failed. England were limited to 156 runs as the Bengal bowlers bowled strictly.
After that, Bangladesh.. openers Liton Das (12) and Roni Talukdar (21) left immediately but Nazmul Hossain Santo (51 off 30 balls, 8 fours) and Hriday (24 off 17 balls) excelled. In the end, captain Shakib Al Hasan (34 not out in 24 balls, 6 fours) and Afif Hossain (15 not out) were careful not to lose another wicket and got the victory with 2 more overs remaining.
