Romario Shepherd’s Hat-Trick Powers West Indies to 3–0 T20I Series Sweep Over Bangladesh

West Indies complete a whitewash in Chattogram. A clinical performance in the final game from the Windies and Bangladesh are left with a lot of questions to answer after this performance. The Bangla Tigers were solid in the ODIs, but have been on the receiving end in the T20Is. The tourists win the third and final T20I by 5 wickets and take the series 3-0. This is West Indies' first-ever clean sweep away from home, as the disappointment strikes the home fans!!!

Earlier in the evening, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first. Tanzid Hasan Tamim was the lone warrior as he hit his career-best 89 off 62 balls, making the tourists pay for the dropped catch by Jason Holder early on. Apart from Tanzid, only Saif Hassan got into the double figures and scored 23 off 22 balls. The two batters added 63 for the third wicket to give some momentum through the Bangladesh's innings, but a big collapse in the final half of the innings saw the Tigers get all-out for 151 in exactly 20 overs after motoring along neatly at 107/2 at one stage.

For West Indies, Romario Shepherd was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/36 that included a hat-trick, with the all-rounder becoming the only 2nd West Indies' bowler to register the feat. Jason Holder finished with 2/32, while Khary Pierre ended with 2/23. Akeal Hosein and Roston Chase got a wicket each and were super economical.

West Indies Seal Historic 3-0 T20I Whitewash Over Bangladesh in Chattogram

West Indies lost Alick Athanaze early in the run chase, with Mahedi Hasan bowling beautifully up front and getting the left-hander stumped for just 1 off 8 balls. Amir Jangoo got a couple of lives in his breezy 34 off 23 balls as he took a particular liking to Taskin Ahmed, who had an off day with the ball. Nasum Ahmed cleaned up Brandon King cheaply, while Jangoo was the first victim of Rishad Hossain. 

At 52/3, the Windies were slightly on the back foot, but Ackeem Auguste (50 off 25) and Roston Chase (50 off 25) ensured a smooth flow in the run chase, hitting boundaries for fun. The two added a quickfire 91-run fourth-wicket stand, with both smashing half-centuries. The southpaw hit 1 four and 5 biggies, while Chase, the stand-in captain, smashed 5 fours and 1 six.

Rishad got rid of both the set batters in the 16th over, but West Indies were within touching distance, as Rovman Powell and Gudakesh Motie did the rest to finish the game inside 17 overs.

Bangladesh weren't at their best on the field. Rishad was the successful bowler, finishing with 3/43. Nasum and Mahedi picked up a wicket each, with the latter being very tight. Shoriful was decent but was wicketless, courtesy of some dropped catches in the powerplay. Taskin, who played all three games in this series, was all over the place and conceded 50 runs in 3.5 overs.