In response to 159 runs in Mirpur, visiting England lost their wicket in the first over. Tanveer Islam returned English opener Phil Salt to bowl in the debut match. Till writing this report, England has scored 39 runs for 1 wicket.
Now Malan is unbeaten on 19 runs and Buttler on 14 runs.
Earlier, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat at the beginning of the match. Bangladesh got off to a good start thanks to the welfare of the two openers. 55 runs came from the opening pair. Rony was dismissed for 24 runs by Adil Rashid.
After that, opener Liton Das started ruling the English bowlers with Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who came down to play for the second wicket. At this time, the two made a partnership of 84 runs in just 57 balls. That’s why the Tigers got the basis of fighting. Lytton completed his personal half century. Chris Jordan returned the ball for 73 runs. The 57-ball innings was studded with 10 fours and a six.
After that, Nazmul Hossain Shanto played till the end of the innings with team leader Shakib Al Hasan. He did not see fifty for 3 runs. He remained unbeaten on 47 runs off 36 balls. And Shakib Al Hasan remains unbeaten with 4 runs off 6 balls.
(14 March/MM)