Bangladesh, on Tuesday, created history by whitewashing Jos Buttler-led England in the recently-concluded three-match T20I series. The Bangla Tigers beat the visitors by 16 runs in the third T20I to complete the whitewash over the reigning T20 world champions.
Asked to bat first, Bangladesh scored 158 for 2 in the allotted 20 overs. Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto starred with the bat for the hosts, scoring 73 and 47 not out respectively. At one stage, Bangladesh were looking destined to score well above 180 but England managed to pull things back towards the end as Sam Curran and Chris Jordan conceded only 27 runs from the final five overs.
In reply, England were off to a poor start with opener Phil Salt departing for a golden duck. However, they soon found themselves in the driver’s seat at 100 for 1 after 13 overs thanks to a fine stand between skipper Jos Buttler and in-form Dawid Malan.
However, both the batsmen fell in consecutive balls in the 14th over and England’s chase got derailed from that point. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually finished their innings on 142 for 6, 16 runs less than Bangladesh’s total.
Jos Buttler reacts after loss:
Speaking after the humiliating whitewash, Jos Buttler did not beat around the bush as he admitted that his team was outplayed by the hosts. Expressing his disappointment over the loss, the England star congratulated the hosts for their memorable series win.
“Really disappointing to lose the series, congratulations to Bangladesh, they outplayed us completely. We came back well (at the death), we missed some opportunities in the field which is disappointing. The wicket got better as it went on and I thought we did well to restrict them to the total we did.
“We hoped we could chase it down but it didn’t happen. Losing two wickets quickly was crucial. Very disappointed in myself for not diving and being fully committed to completing that run,” Jos Buttler said.