After losing the toss and batting first at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, England lost nine wickets in the scheduled 50 overs and scored 364 runs. Chasing the victory target of 365 runs, Bangladesh’s innings ended at 227 runs after losing all wickets in 48.2 overs. Lytton Das contributed the highest 76 runs for Bangladesh. He hit two sixes and seven fours off 66 balls. Similarly, Mushfiqur Rahim played a half-century innings. He scored 51 runs off 64 balls with the help of four fours. Tohid Hridoy scored 39 runs. England’s Rhys Tapley took four wickets, Chris Woakes took two wickets and Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran took one wicket each. Before that, while batting first, England’s David Malan contributed the most 140 runs. He hit 16 sixes and five fours while playing 107 balls. Similarly, Joe Root scored 82 runs with excellent batting. He faced 68 balls and hit one six and eight fours. Jonny Brestow scored 52 runs. He hit eight fours off 59 balls. Captain Jas Buttler scored 20 runs. On the bowling side, Mehdi Hasan took four wickets, Soriful Islam took three wickets and captain Saqib Al Hasan and Taskin Ahmed took one wicket each. This is England’s first win in the ongoing World Cup. Earlier, in their first match, England lost to New Zealand by nine wickets. This is also Bangladesh’s first defeat. Earlier, Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets in the first match.

















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