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Patna : England defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets in a Group 1 match of ICC T20 World Cup at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, on October 27, 2021, evening, as opener Jason Roy scored 61 runs in 38 balls hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes. Chasing a target of 125 runs, E gland scored 126/2 in 14.1 overs only as Dawid Malan remained unbeaten on 28 in 25 balls with 3 fours while Jonny Bairstow remained 8 not out. Bangladesh had won the toss and opted to bat and scored 124/9 in 20 overs with Mushfiqur Rahim scoring 29 runs.
Chasing the target,England openers : Jason Roy and Jos Buttler added 39 runs for the first wicket. Buttler fell to Nasum Ahmed for 18. Roy fell to Shoriful Islam for 61 and it was 112/2. Roy and Malan added 73 runs for the 2nd wicket. Roy was named Player Of the Match.
Earlier opting to bat, Bangladesh lost their first two wickets with only 14 runs on board. Liton Das fell to spinner Moeen Ali for 9. Mohd Naim also fell to moeen for 5 making it 14/2. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan fell to fast bowler Chris Woakes for 4 and it was 26/3. Mushfiqur Rahim fell to spinner Liam Livingstone for 29 making 63/4. Afif Hossain was run out for 5 and it was 73/5. captain Mahmudullah fell to Livingstone for 19 and it was 83/6.
Mehedi Hasan fell to fast bowler Tymal Mills for 11 making it 98/7. Nurul Hasan (wk) also fell to Mills for 16 and it was 124/8. At the same score, fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman fell to Mills for zero.
For England, Tymall Mills took 3/27 in 4 overs while spinner Moeen Ali took 2/18 in 4 overs. Liam Livingstone took 2/15 in 3 overs..