Sports Desk: Bangladesh got a great victory in the match to avoid a whitewash against England. Tamim Bahini won by 50 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday (March 6) evening due to the skill of the Tiger bowlers. The catch was out of hand, but Mustafizur Rahman took it in the second attempt. Chris Woakes made the return catch, and Bangladesh won by 50 runs.
No team has been able to upset Bangladesh in an ODI series at home for 11 years. Today’s win kept that record intact. Bangladesh had already lost the series after losing the first two ODIs of the three-match series. But in the last match Tamim Iqbal’s surprise.
Shakib (75), Mushfiqur Rahim (70), and Nazmul Hossain Shantar (53) scored fifties in the match, and Bangladesh were bowled out for 246 runs in 48.5 overs. England got off to a flying start, chasing the target. After scoring 54 runs without taking a wicket, the team came under pressure after losing three wickets for just one run. James Vince and Sam Curran put on 49 runs off 81 balls for the fourth wicket to bring the team back into the game.
After losing wickets at regular intervals, England were bowled out for 196 runs in 43.1 overs. The Tigers rejoiced in victory. Shakib took 4 wickets in 35 runs in 10 overs with the help of 7 boundaries in Bangladesh’s victory.On this day, Shakib became the first Bangladeshi to take 4 wickets and touch the new milestone of 300 wickets in ODIs.
Hosts Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first in the third game of the three-match ODI series at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. Earlier, the Tigers lost the wickets of two openers, Liton Kumar Das and Tamim Iqbal, after 2.6 overs.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto, batting at number three, tried his best to bring the team back into the game with Mushfiqur Rahim. They batted well in the third wicket pair. He made a partnership of 98 runs off 128 balls. Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 53 runs off 71 balls with five boundaries. Former captain Mushfiqur Rahim scored 70 runs off 93 balls with six boundaries.
Mahmudullah Riyad (8), Afif Hossain (15), Mehdi Hasan Miraj (5), and Taijul Islam (2) took part in the procession after the departure of Shanto-Mushfique. However, Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of the T20 and Test teams of Bangladesh, kept one end of the wicket in this procession of batsmen.
Shakib single-handedly fought back in the end to give the team a respectable score. Shakib was dismissed as the team’s ninth batsman for the team’s 246 runs in 48.4 overs. Before that, he scored 75 runs in 71 balls with the help of seven boundaries. Mostafizur Rahman was left to bat after Shakib was dismissed. Bangladesh were all out for 246 runs in 48.5 overs on his departure.
For England, Jofra Archer took three wickets while Sam Curran and Adil Rashid took two wickets each. England got off to a flying start, chasing a target of 247 runs. The team scored 54 runs without losing a wicket and then lost three wickets by just one run.
Phil Salt became a great catch for Mahmudullah Riyadh off Shakib Al Hasan. Salt was dismissed for 54 runs in 8.6 overs. Before that, he scored 35 runs off 25 balls. After Shakib, pacer Ebadat Hossain hit the English camp. David Malan became his victim. Malan, who scored a century in the first match of the series, did not get a chance to open his account of runs by playing two balls.
In his next and third overs, Shakib sent another England opener, Jason Roy, back. Roy returned after being bowled by his ball. Before that, he scored 19 runs off 33 balls. After that, Sam Curran and James Vince were batting flawlessly. They made a pair of 49 runs off 81 balls. Mehdi Hasan Miraj broke up the pair that had become terrible.
Sam Karan scored 23 runs with the help of a four and a six from 49 balls before returning after giving up a catch to Mirage. England lost their fourth wicket for 104 runs in 23.4 overs on his departure. James Vince is bowled over by Shakib’s brilliant delivery. He returned to Sajghar as the team’s fifth batsman for the team’s 127 runs in 26.5 overs. Before that, he scored 38 runs off 44 balls.
After England’s two openers, Phil Salt and Jason Roy, Shakib also returned James Vince, who batted at number four. After Shakib, Ebadat Hossain hit the English camp. Moeen Ali did not understand his full-length ball. He went for the flick, but missed the ball. On his departure, England lost the sixth wicket for 130 runs in 27.5 overs.
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam sent England captain Jos Buttler LBW. Buttler returned as the seventh batsman with 158 runs in 34.1 overs. After England captain Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid was also brought back to the dressing room by Taijul Islam. Rashid returned as the eighth batsman with 174 runs in 38.4 overs.
Shakib became the first Bangladeshi to reach the milestone of 300 wickets in ODI cricket by sending Rehan Ahmed back to the dressing room as the ninth batsman. And Mustafizur Rahman confirmed Bangladesh’s victory by dismissing Chris Woakes as the last batsman.
