ENG vs BAN, World Cup 2023 Highlights: England thrash Bangladesh by 137 runs

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: The partnership looks threatening as Malan and Bairstow continue to deal in boundaries. ENG race to 84/0 after the end of 13 overs.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Shakib comes to bowl the final powerplay over and he does an excellent job as two runs come in it.

Dawid Malan then hits Mehidy Hasan for a couple of boundaries in the next over. ENG 69/0 (11 overs)

The boundaries keep coming as Jonny Bairstow hits Shoriful Islam for a boundary. Then combines with Dawid Malan to hit Mahedi Hasan for a boundary each. ENG: 59/0 (9 overs)

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Shoriful Islam comes into the attack and he is hit for a four by Jonny Bairstow in the final ball of the over.

Dawid Malan then hits Mustafizur Rahim for a maximum. A length ball and it is comfortably pulled over the mid-wicket fence for a six.

Malan then hits a low full toss for a boundary, this time towards the mid-on fence. ENG: 43/0 (7 overs)

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Bangladesh lose an early review as Mustafizur bangs it short, following which Dawid Malan attempts a pull. The batter fails to connect and the ball is collected by the wicketkeeper. All Bangladesh players appeal for caught-behind in unison as there was some noise when the ball passed close to the bat. The umpire thinks otherwise and Bangladesh take a review. UltraEdge confirms the ball had brushed his shoulders before settling in the wicketkeeper's gloves.

Malan then hits Mustafizur for a boundary and a maximum later in the over. ENG: 25/0

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Mustafizur Rahim bowls a tight over as just one single come in it.

Bairstow then hits Taskin for a boundary as England reach 15/0 in 4 overs.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Dawid Malan finishes the first over with a boundary. Mustafizur pitches it full, outside off, and Malan drives it through covers.

Taskin Ahmed shares the new ball duties with Mustafizur and Jonny Bairstow welcomes him with a boundary. Five runs come in the over. ENG: 10/0 (2 overs)

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan arrive in the middle to kick-off the proceedings. Mustafizur Rahim leads the attack for Bangladesh.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: The two teams arrive in the middle for the pre-match rituals. Action to get underway shortly.

England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Towhid Hridoy, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Bangladesh win toss, opt to field.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: “As far as the ground goes we will go to the outfield, it is challenging for the fielders if they dive or slide, bowling wise you might scruff things up as you run in but it is given the go ahead by the match referee.”

England: L-NR-W-Abandoned-W

Bangladesh: W-L-L-NR-W

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: England and Bangladesh have faced each other in 24 ODI matches, with England winning 19 times and Bangladesh coming out on top on five occasions.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: England captain Jos Buttler was not impressed with the quality of outfield at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium , terming it as "poor" ahead of the match against Bangladesh.

"It's poor in my own opinion. I think any time you're sort of talking about being careful diving or sort of being careful when you're fielding, it sort of goes against everything you want to be as a team.

“You know you want to dive through our houses to save a run. So, that's obviously not ideal, the way the surface is, the outfield. The outfield is different to when we played here in the IPL.”

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: The last time Liam Livingstone played at the venue was in IPL 2023. He had then smashed nine sixes in 48 balls and scored 94 runs in total.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: The battle between spinners is another contest to watch out for.

Shakib Al Hasan has 20 wickets in 17 ODIs against England. A

Adil Rashid has 19 in 7 against Bangladesh.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Jos Buttler has so far smashed five centuries in eight innings against Bangladesh. He averages 48.12 against them.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Meanwhile, Bangladesh could introduce a third spinner heading into the contest. They have the options in Nasum Ahmed or Mahedi Hasan.

Also considering the star-studded English line-up, this could prove handy in deciding the outcome.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: After enduring a tough defeat in the tournament opener, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler and Mooen Ali have spent much extra time at the nets, instructing the local spinners summoned to bowl at the nets.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Ben Stokes missed the World Cup opener against New Zealand and is likely to remain on the sideline against Bangladesh as he is still nursing a sore left hip.

As per reports, Stokes faced few throwdowns in the last two days and played the local spinners on Monday but didn't appear 100 percent fit.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Meanwhile, Bangladesh dished out a clinical show with Shakib and Mehidy Hasan Miraj dictating the show with the ball.

Such was the impact that the final seven Afghanistan wickets could only add 44 runs to Afghanistan's paltry total.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: The pair of Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra had made life hell for the English bowlers the last time. Together they added an unbeaten 273-run stand for the second wicket.

England vs Bangladesh Live Score: Jos Buttler-led England head into the match after a nine-wicket defeat against New Zealand.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, secured a dominating six-wicket win over Afghanistan.

England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Bangladesh: Tanzid Tamim, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah/Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman