England make 364/9 against Bangladesh in World Cup clash
Dharamsala (PTI): 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.
Malan cracked 16 fours and five sixes to make 140 off only 107 balls while Root, who looked set for his first ton this World Cup, was dismissed for after hitting eight fours and a six.
The pair added 151 for the second wicket after Malan and Bairstow (52 off 59 balls, 8x4s) put on 115 runs for the opening stand.
England looked set for a total around 400, but to their credit, Bangladesh fought back with a flurry of wickets in the last 10 overs.
Mahedi Hasan was the pick among bowlers with 8-0-71-4 while left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam claimed three wickets.
Brief scores: England 364/9 in 50 overs (Jonny Bairstow 52, Dawid Malan 140, Joe Root 82; Shoriful Islam 3/75, Mahedi Hasan 4/71) vs Bangladesh.
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Delhi Capitals elect to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL
Bengaluru, Apr 10 (PTI): Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League contest here on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals are the only unbeaten side left in the tournament as they have won each of their three matches so far, and are placed second on the points table. RCB are placed third with three wins and one defeat.
While RCB retained their playing XI, Delhi Capitals brought back Faf du Plessis in place of Samir Rizvi.
Teams:
RCB: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
DC: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel (c), Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
🚨 Toss 🚨@DelhiCapitals won the toss and elected to bowl against @RCBTweets in Bengaluru.
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