T20 World Cup | England beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets

England retained the same team that had trounced defending champions West Indies in their group opener.

Bangladesh's Liton Das in action as England's Jos Buttler looks on, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 - Super 12 - Group 1 - England v Bangladesh - Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, October 27, 2021

England beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in their Group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.

Chasing 125 for a win, England reached the target with 5.5 overs to spare with Jason Roy top-scoring with a 38-ball 61.

For Bangladesh, Shoriful Islam and Nasum Ahmed took a wicket apiece. Earlier, Bangladesh batters struggled to get going with Mushfiqur Rahim top-scoring with 29 while captain Mahmudullah contributed 19.

For England, Tymal Mills was the pick of bowlers with 3/27, while Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone grabbed two wickets apiece.

Brief Scores:

Bangladesh: 124 for 9 in 20 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 29; Tymal Mills 3/27).

England: 126 for 2 in 14.1 overs (Jason Roy 61; Shoriful Islam 1/26).

Teams :

Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (c), Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman.

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid and Tymal Mills.