Centurion Roy conjures up England to collection win over Bangladesh

England opener Jason Roy hit an excellent century and skipper Jos Buttler made 76 earlier than Adil Rashid and Sam Curran grabbed 4 wickets every because the vacationers beat Bangladesh by 132 runs within the second one-day worldwide on Friday for a 2-0 collection victory.

Roy made a 124-ball 132 with 18 fours and a six to put the platform for a commanding 326-7 in 50 overs, after Tamim Iqbal received the toss and surprisingly opted to bowl on a Mirpur wicket he known as “tacky”.

Needing a victory to keep away from its first bilateral ODI collection house defeat since 2016-17, Bangladesh misplaced two wickets in two balls in Curran’s opening over and one other in his subsequent to ultimately 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 possibilities.

Earlier, Roy received 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 260-6 within the forty fourth over. But a giant complete was by no means doubtful for the world champions.

Moeen Ali hit a quick-fire 42 to take them near the 300-run mark whereas Curran, one among two modifications to the facet that received the primary recreation by three wickets, made an unbeaten 33 with two sixes within the ultimate over.

The groups meet in Chattogram for the ultimate ODI on Monday earlier than enjoying three Twenty20 matches. 

Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com

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