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Bangladesh whitewashed the hosts West Indies 3-0 in the T20 series. Bangladesh defeated the Caribbeans by a big margin of 80 runs in the third and final T20 match of the series at the Aaron’s Vale Ground in Kingstown, St. Vincent today.

Batting first, Bangladesh scored a huge total of 189 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, the West Indies innings was bundled out for 109 runs in 16.4 overs. This is the second-highest margin of victory for Bangladesh in T20s. The 84-run victory against Papua New Guinea in the 2021 World Cup is Bangladesh’s best so far.

Bangladesh already secured the series by winning two consecutive matches. This is the first time Bangladesh has whitewashed the Windies by winning the last match.

This is the third time that Bangladesh has whitewashed an opponent 3-0. The Tigers whitewashed Ireland in 2012 and England 3-0 in 2023.

Bangladesh got off to a flying start after winning the toss on Friday morning and opting to bat. Bangladesh scored 54 runs for 2 wickets in 6 overs of the power play.

Parvez Hossain Emon scored 39 runs off 21 balls with 4 runs and 2 sixes. Liton Kumar Das also failed today and scored 14 runs off 13 balls with 3 fours and 14 runs.

Mehedi Hasan Miraj departed for 29 runs for 3 fours and 23 balls. Bangladesh were in trouble after losing 6 wickets for 114 runs in 14.5 overs.

But then Zaker Ali Anik went on a rampage. He batted his best in his career. He scored an unbeaten 72 runs off just 41 balls with 3 fours and 6 sixes. As a result, Bangladesh scored 75 runs in the last 5 overs.

Zaker even took 20 runs in the 18th over of Obed McCoy and 25 runs in the 20th over of Alzarri Joseph.

Chasing a big target of 190 runs, West Indies’ innings was stopped for 109 runs with 20 balls to spare. Rishad Hossain took 3 wickets while Taskin Ahmed and Sheikh Mehedi took 2 wickets each.
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