Sports Desk: England is the most successful team in the world in the short version of cricket. The Reds and Greens had faced England only once in a T20 match before winning the T20 series against the world champions. The Tigers lost that match by eight wickets. The Tigers are now desperate to whitewash England after winning the series and avenging that defeat.
The red-and-green representatives will take to the field in the third and final match at the Home of Cricket Mirpur today with the aim to whitewash visiting England in the three-match T20 series. The T-Sports channel will telecast the match starting at 3 p.m. Shakib Bahini has created a chance to whitewash England by winning the first two matches by six and four wickets, respectively. Bangladesh has tasted its first bilateral series win against England in any format. Despite dominating the first match and tasting victory, Bangladesh had to fight to win the second match. Bangladesh is well on its way to building a strong team for the T20 World Cup in 2024, as per captain Shakib Al Hasan’s target.
So far, in the twenty-over match against the strong England team, the Bangladesh team has taken the field three times and won twice. Shakib Bahini will take the field today against them in the third and final T20 match of the fourth and ongoing series. Their aim is to finish the series with a whitewash of the English with a third win in a row. If you win this last match of the series, the prize money will be big. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon gave such an indication after winning the series.
Even the players outside the squad were happy to wrest the series from the clutches of the world champions. They also want to end the tour of England by doing laundry. Although Nasum Ahmed and Shamim Hossain could not contribute with bat or ball in the series win, they are happy to be able to contribute by fielding. In this context, Shamim said, “I have gone to the ground. I managed to field Got a catch. That’s a lot. Another young cricketer on the team, Hasan Mahmud, also spoke about the desire to confuse the English. This pacer contributed well to winning this series with the ball. He picked up the crucial wicket of England captain Josh Buttler in the series-winning match.
Regarding whitewash, he said, ‘Of course. Now that is the goal.’ Habibul Bashar, the team selector, said about the Tigers’ goal in the last match, ‘Of course, I will play with the thought of winning the third match. The kind of game we’re playing, if we can sustain this process, is even more important. Nothing could be better than winning. The world champion team won the series against them. It will be better if we can finish the last match with a win. But so far I am very happy; the team is responding very well in T20 cricket.’
