The match was a rule of thumb. As England won both the first two matches of the series at the Mirpur Sherebangla Stadium, there was little interest in the final match at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Gallery is empty. There is no craze about the game in Chittagong city either. And on such a day Bangladesh lost the world champions! Shakib Al Hasan's 50-run victory prevented Tamim Iqbal's team from losing the series earlier.
Shakib was the hero of Bangladesh's victory. His innings of 75 runs with the bat took the team to 246 runs. Despite that run chase, Shakib became the main obstacle for the English. After a great batting, the star all-rounder took the match with 4 wickets with the ball
Whether it was the bowling of Bangladesh or the wicket of the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, the England team's start to the run chase was similar to that of the familiar England. The pair of Jason Roy and Phil Salt scored 34 runs in the first 5 overs of the power play. However, pacer Ibadat Hossain, who came down to play instead of Shakib and Taskin, did not let them hold that pace of runs. Mahmudullah was caught at salt cover while blowing up Shakib.
David Malan also made the same mistake in the last over of the power play. The hero of England's victory in the first ODI caught the worship ball over mid-on. In the next over, Shakib bowled Roy, another opener. Roy bowled without understanding the undercutter from wide of the crease. England lost 3 wickets by just 2 runs.
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