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England defeated Bangladesh by eight wicket🦂s in the ongoing T20 World𒆙 Cup 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Ab🎃u Dhabi on Wednesday.
Chasing a paltry target of 125, England lost opener Jos Buttler early in the fifth over. Buttler made 18 runs before Nasum Ahmed dismissed the English wicketkeeper-batter.
Then, Jason Roy and Dawid Malan paired up to form a match-winning stand of 73 runs for the second wicket to stamp their authority completely in the contest. Roy smashed the fifth half-century of his T20 International career and looked solid to finish the game, but Shoriful Islam sent him back to the dugout.
Malan remained unbeaten on 28 off 25 balls as England chased down the target in 14.1 overs with eight wickets 🌌in hand.
Earlier, England restricted Bangladesh at 124/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Mushfiqur Rahim, with 29 off 30 balls, was their top scorer.
Tymal Mills was the pick of the bowlers for the English side, taking three scalps for 27 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Off-spinner Moeen Ali (2/18) and all-rounder Liam Livingstone (2/15) bagged two wickets each.
Largest wickets win for England in Men’s T20 World Cup:
- 8 wickets – v BAN at Abu Dhabi, 2021*
- 7 wickets – v SL at Gros Islet, 2010
- 7 wickets – v AUS at Bridgetown, 2010
- 7 wickets – v NZ at Delhi, 2016
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Anoth🍷er clinical win by . They look so strong at the moment. England favourites to win the cup ?
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Another day, another sizzling England performan♋ce ✨ | 🎀 |
— ICC (@ICC)
2⃣ from 2⃣ 💪
Scorecard: |
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
Roy's batting impact v SLA spin has risen in the last three years from -2.3 to -0.5 & now +1.1. He's always been able to score against it but he's now combining that with positive impact for wicket prevention (& improved false shot percentage) against them as well.
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket)
England & Pakistan so far look a class above the Rest in ಞthis !! Early days but they will be both take some stopping …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
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Largest wickets win for England in Men's T20 World Cup:-
8 wkts – v BAN at Abu Dhabi, today
7 wkts – v SL at Gros Islet, 2010
7 wkts – v AUS at Bridgetown, 2010
7 wkts – v NZ at Delhi, 2016— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Jason Roy in form – treat to watch.
No fear.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
A second comfortable win for England in the World Cup. As clinical with the ball as they were against West Indies and more clinical with🃏 the bat. Should there be any concerns that they haven’t been tested yet? Don’t think so. Take the wins and move on
— Rob Johnston (@RobJ_Cricket)
Three wickets in another 𝐖. 🌟 👏
— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC)
England dominant as expected. A tough game for Bangladesh who were outplayed by a vastly better team. But in a year where Bangladesh have ODI series wins over Zimbabwe & Sri Lanka and T20 series wins over Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe…there's no need for alarm bells…
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz)