England vs Bangladesh :
Yesterday, in the England vs Bangladesh match held at Himachal Pradesh Stadium Dharamshala, England defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs, with this England’s first win in the World Cup 2023 and Bangladesh’s first defeat.
Match scorecard :
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first, due to which England came out to bat and set a huge target of 364/9. Dawid Malan scored 140 runs in 107 balls and Joe Root scored 82 runs in 68 balls, Jonny Bairstow scored 52 runs in 59 balls and helped England set a huge target of 364 runs. Mahedi Hasan was among the Bangladeshi bowlers who were bowling. took 4 wickets and Shoriful Islam took 3 wickets, Shakeel Hasan and Taskin Ahmed took one wicket each.
Bangladesh, chasing 364 runs, was all out for 227 runs in 48.2, in which Liton Das scored 76 runs in 66 balls, Mushfiqur Rahman scored 51 runs in 64 balls, Tauheed Hridayoy scored 39 runs in 61 balls. In bowling for England, Reece Toupley took 4 wickets and Chris Woakes took 2, Sam Curran, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingston took one wicket each. Due to which England won the match by 137 runs and Bangladesh had to face defeat.
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan :
In the Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium yesterday, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, making it Pakistan’s second consecutive win and Sri Lanka’s second consecutive defeat.
Match scorecard :
Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafiq helped Pakistan register a 6-wicket win against Sri Lanka and it is the biggest run chase in ICC World Cup history. The brace got the game off to a shaky start and indeed as soon as Abdullah Shafiq was out after his century, Mohammad Rizwan took the game to victory and remained unbeaten on 131.
With Abdullah Shafiq’s 113-run innings, Pakistan made a great comeback in the game. Mohammad Rizwan is still at the crinkle, close to 100 and the runs keep coming from one side. Saud Shakeel also joins in after Mathisha Pathirana settles the wicket of Abdullah Shafiq. The Sri Lankan team controlled the game completely and kept the bowling tight while not giving important chances to the batsmen. Having already lost Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafiq and Mohammad Rizwan are taking the game forward. After setting a huge target of 345 runs for Pakistan, the Sri Lankan bowlers got off to a good start and Dilshan Madushanka dismissed Pakistani player Imam-ul-Haq. Pakistan captain Babar Azam is in a strong position and will try to play a big innings.
