Defending champions England beat Bangladesh by 137 runs

In the seventh match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, the defending champion England defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs and achieved the first victory in the event.

Chasing 365 runs, the Bangladesh team was bowled out for 227 runs in 48.2 overs.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field in the match played at the Dharamsala Stadium in India.

David Milan scored 140 and Joe Root scored 82 runs.

It should be noted that for today's match, one change was seen in both the teams, Moin Ali was seated in the English team and played the race while Mohammad Allah was rested in the Bangladesh team and Mehdi Hasan was included in Kottim.

England's innings

the opening partnership collapsed after conceding 115 runs to the team.

Jonny Bairstow played a brilliant innings of 52 runs with the help of 8 fours from 59 balls. After Bairstow, a good partnership was established between David Milan and Joe Root, but in 38 overs, opener David Milan scored 16 fours and With the help of 5 sixes, Mehidi Hasan fell victim to a brilliant innings of 140 runs, after which captain Jos Buttler also got out by scoring 20 runs and Jurot 82 runs.


Mehidi Hasan took 4 wickets while Shariful Islam took 3 wickets for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh innings

Chasing 365 runs, Bangladesh's first wicket fell on the fourth ball of the second over when Tanzid Hasan was caught off the ball of Race Topley after scoring 14 runs.

Bangladesh's third wicket also fell to Topley when he sent captain Shakibul Hasan to the pavilion for just 26 runs, after which Mehidi Hasan Miraz also returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs while Laton Das was dismissed for 76 runs.

Apart from this, Mushfiqur Rahim scored 51 runs and Tawheed Radoy returned to the pavilion by scoring 39 runs, while Tasin Ahmad scored 13 runs and Shariful Islam scored 12 runs.

However, chasing 365 runs, the Bangladesh team was bowled out for 227 runs in 48.2 overs and England won the match by 137 runs.

On behalf of England, Reese Topley scored 43 runs and dismissed 4 players.

It should be remembered that England and Bangladesh were playing their second match in the World Cup today, the English team was defeated by New Zealand in the first match while Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan.

Players have to be careful while fielding: England captain

Yesterday, English captain Jos Buttler expressed concern about the bad outfield in the Dharamsala stadium and said that the players have to be careful while fielding.

It should be noted that in the first match played in Dharamshala, the players of Afghanistan and Bangladesh faced difficulties, due to the outfield, the players narrowly avoided serious injuries.