Sprots desk: Bangladesh put up a remarkable performance to seal another historic feat as they crushed England by 16 runs in the third and final T20 game to sweep three-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Opener Liton Das hit his career-best 73 while Najmul Hossain Shanto continued his rich vein of form with 47 not out to lift Bangladesh to 158-2 on slow Mirpur pitch.

With Bangladesh scoring just 27 runs in the last five overs, it looked they were well short of 20/25 runs but the team showed their capability of making up the mistakes somehow, a thing that skipper Shakib Al Hasan wanted from this new look side.

The hunger for victory was evidenced in their body language as they put up an electrifying fielding performance that proved to be eventual difference between the two sides.

When England dropped two catches and showed anomaly in ground fielding, Bangladesh were absolutely up to the mark.

England lost the first game by six wickets and second one by four wickets to stand on the brink of being whitewashed. But they indeed were on course of avoiding the whitewash as opener Dawid Malan and skipper Jos Buttler looked scoring easier one.

But Bangladesh grabbed the wicket of those two batters in consecutive two deliveries and sparked a collapse from nowhere to finally restrict England to 142-6. By doing so, they swept a T20 series for the first time against top flight opposition.

Left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam, who made his debut, got success in his just third ball, removing opener Phil Salt for a duck to give Bangladesh a good start in defending the total.