Defending champions England defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs in the seventh match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. 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. England scored 364 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
It should be noted that for today’s match, one change was seen in both teams. In the English team, Moin Ali sat down and played the Reece Topley, while in the Bangladesh team, Mahmudullah was rested and Mahedi Hasan was included in the team.
England’s innings World Cup 2023
Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow opened for England and gave the team a good start and proved to be the rock of runs in front of the Bangladesh bowling, but 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 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 for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh‘s innings World Cup 2023
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.
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. If you are playing for the country then you cannot be careful.
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.