England opener Jason Roy has hit an outstanding century and skipper Jos Buttler cracked 76 earlier than Adil Rashid and Sam Curran grabbed 4 wickets every because the vacationers hammered Bangladesh by 132 runs within the second one-day worldwide.
The sensible crew effort in Dhaka on Friday enabled the world champions to take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-game sequence.
Roy made a 124-ball 132 with 18 fours and a six to put the platform for a commanding 7-326 in 50 overs, after Tamim Iqbal gained the toss and surprisingly opted to bowl on a Mirpur wicket he referred to as “tacky”.
Bangladesh misplaced two wickets in two balls in Curran’s opening over and one other in his subsequent to finally be dismissed for 194 in 44.4 overs.
Shakib Al Hasan (58), Iqbal (35) and Mahmudullah (32) all gave the hosts a glimmer of hope however incisive bowling by Rashid (4-45) and Curran (4-29) snuffed out their probabilities.
“Bangladesh are a formidable team at home so we’re delighted to get the win,” Buttler stated, reflecting on how Bangladesh hadn’t misplaced a bilateral ODI sequence at house since a 2-1 defeat to England in 2016 when he was a stand-in skipper.
“Spoke about areas to improve from the last match and we really did that. Jason Roy did fantastically well with the bat, guys chipped in around him and then we made a fantastic start with the ball.”
Roy obtained off to a stuttering begin however noticed off the Bangladesh spinners with some unconventional sweeping and went on the assault as he approached his twelfth hundred, lofting Mehidy Hasan Miraz for a six to get to 97.
After finishing his century, Roy went after paceman Taskin Ahmed within the thirty fifth over with back-to-back boundaries however fell lbw shortly after as he tried a sweep off Shakib. His fourth-wicket stand with Buttler yielded 109 runs.
Buttler made a run-a-ball 50 whereas shepherding the decrease order earlier than falling to depart them at 6-260 within the forty fourth over.
Moeen Ali then hit a quickfire 42 to take them near the 300-run mark whereas Curran, one in all two modifications to the facet that gained the primary sport by three wickets, made an unbeaten 33 with two sixes within the closing over.
“Roy and Buttler batted exceptionally well. When you lose, you can point fingers -I’m not going to do that,” Tamim stated.
“We didn’t do well as a team, and that’s why we lost.”
The groups meet in Chattogram for the ultimate ODI on Monday earlier than enjoying three Twenty20 matches.
With AP
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