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Published: 18:51, 12 March 2023
Update: 18:52, 12 March 2023

Bangladesh history by winning the series against England

Bangladesh history by winning the series against England

Bangladesh history by winning the series against England

Bangladesh created history by winning the series against world champion England. However, Bangladesh failed to play the target of 118 runs. In the end, he secured the team's victory by batting wonderfully.

A thrilling fight took place in the second T20 of the series on Sunday (March 12) at the Mirpur Cricket Ground. In that fight, the Damal boys of Bengal lost the English by 4 wickets. Won the series with one match in hand. Shakib Al Hasan's team made history by knocking down the world champions.

The bowlers did half the work. The target of victory against Bangladesh was a total of 118 runs. Although it was easy, the win was not easy on Sher Bengal's pitch.

The English kept Bangladesh under pressure by exploiting the slow pace of the wicket and uneven bounce. But this Bangladesh is different, the hosts leave the field with a win by understanding the character of the pitch.

Liton Das and Roni Talukder scored 15 runs in the first two overs in the run chase. But Lytton failed once again in the current series. Playing irresponsible pool, the opener returned Sam Karan with a wicket (9 off 9 balls).

Then Ronio (9 off 14) played an ambitious shot. Jofra gets caught mid-on while pulling Archer. Bangladesh lost 2 wickets for 27 runs. In 6 overs of the power play, the Tigers' collection was 32 runs for 2 wickets.

Tauhid was playing his heart out with confidence. With Nazmul Hossain Shanto, his partnership of 29 runs from 31 balls was also formed. But the anointed English legspinner Rehan Ahmed took the ball in hand and trapped Hriday. Hriday was caught at point while cutting Rehan's outgoing delivery (17 off 18 balls with 2 boundaries).

Earlier the bowlers have done their job. Mehdi Hasan Miraj has twisted England's strong batting lineup in offspin Velki. England were all out for 117 runs on the last ball of the innings.

In the second T20 of the series in Mirpur, the toss was in favor of Bangladesh. Tiger captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and sent England into bat.

Bangladesh pressured the English in the beginning. David Malan, who scored 5 runs from 8 balls, fell victim to Taskin Ahmed in the third over of the innings. Hasan Mahmud took the catch. Then Phil Salt continued to play. England picked up 50 runs for 1 wicket in the power play of 6 overs.

However, Shakib struck at the end of the power play. Returned the fearsome Saltke (25 off 19 balls). Shakib himself took the return catch after defeating the whirlwind.

Then in the eighth over, English captain Jos Buttler (4) was bowled by Hasan Mahmud with an eye-catching yorker. Will Moeen Ali (15 off 17) handle the pressure, in the very next over he is caught on the boundary while picking up Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Losing 4 wickets with a gap of 7 runs, England started to flounder.

From there, Sam Curran and Ben Duckett wanted to take over. They made a pair of 34 runs off 32 balls. But in the 15th over of the innings, Mehdi Hasan Miraj struck a double blow in the English camp.

Sam Curran (12 off 16) and Chris Woakes (0) went ahead without understanding Mirage's turn and fell into the trap of stumping. The English lost 6 wickets for 91 runs.

Ben Duckett was the only recognized batter. He continued to fight till the last over. However, in the end Duckett hit the ball of Mostafizur Rahman and the ball floated in the sky. He took 28 off 28 balls.

Mirage bowled a career best. He took 4 wickets alone with 12 runs in 4 overs. One wicket each for Shakib, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin and Mostafiz. Shakib used 8 bowlers of Bangladesh today including Afif, Shanto.

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