Cristiano Ronaldo is on the brink of leading Portugal to another major soccer tournament less than a year after his international career appeared to be over.

Dawid Malan's superb 140 aong with half-centuries from Jonny Bairstow (55) and Joe Root (82) second consecutive half-century powered England to a formidable 364/9 against Bangladesh in their World Cup league stage match here on Tuesday.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field against England in a World Cup match here on Tuesday.

India opener Shubman Gill, who is currently down with dengue, was hospitalised in Chennai after his platelet count dropped below 100,000 but has been subsequently released as he still remains a doubtful starter for the marquee World Cup clash against Pakistan in Ahmedabad on October 14.

India's Pawan Sehrawat set the record of being the costliest player at Pro Kabaddi League for the second consecutive year after he was picked by Telugu Titans for whopping Rs 2.60 crore at the auctions.

Mitchell Santner took five wickets as New Zealand beat Netherlands by 99 runs in their second World Cup match here on Monday.

Netherlands won the toss and elected to field against last edition's runners-up New Zealand in their World Cup match here on Monday.

India beat Australia by six wickets to begin their ICC World Cup campaign on a positive note here on Sunday.

Half-centuries from Virat Kohli and KL Rahul powered India's chase of 200 after the home team lost three wickets with just two runs on the board. Thanks to Kohli and Rahul's 165-run partnership for the fourth wicket, India completed the task in 41.2 overs.