Though dazzled but finally Bangladesh fades!

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photo: Collected

photo: Collected

Tanjid Tamim and Mehdi Hasan Miraj got capital to fight with great batting! Then the bowlers also showed the way, but the end was not saved in front of England's aggressive batting. Moeen Ali took England to the port of victory by playing an innings of 56 runs, in the end Bangladesh lost by 4 wickets!

Bangladesh did not start well after winning the toss and batting in Guwahati. The Tigers were under pressure after losing the wickets of two top order batsmen Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Shanto within 26 runs of the team. However, the opener Tanjid Hasan Tamim was standing at the other end of the wicket with beautiful shots. But he got out at 78 runs. Then Mehdi Hasan Miraj took the lead of the team, but no one could accompany him.

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Meanwhile, the match was interrupted by rain. As a result, the 50-over match was reduced to 37 overs. Until the rain stopped, Bangladesh's collection was 153 runs after losing 5 wickets at the end of 30 overs.

However, even after the rain, the Tiger batters could not add much runs. Miraj, the top scorer of the innings, could not do much. He was dismissed at 173 runs. As a result, Bangladesh's innings stopped at 188 runs after the scheduled 37 overs. According to the DLS method, England's target was 197 runs.

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Batsman David Malan was dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman at the start of batting with a target of 197 runs. But right-handed batsman Jonny Bairstow continued to bat aggressively. He played an unbeaten innings of 34 runs off 21 balls. Mustafizur Rahman sent him back for 51 runs. Batter Harry Brooks (17) could not do much, he was bowled out by Hasan Mahmud at the team's 73 runs.

But soon after coming to the wicket, English captain Jos Buttler started playing one stroke after another in an aggressive manner. But Bangladesh returned to the match when two batsmen Butler (30) and Liam Livingstone (7) were out at 107 and 114 runs respectively.

However, after Moeen Ali's innings of 56 runs from 39 balls, the English left the field with a victory by 4 wickets. Pacer Mustafizur Rahman took maximum 2 wickets for Tigers.