Bangladesh suffer defeat to England in last warm-up match

In the conclusive warm-up match ahead of the ICC ODI World Cup set to kick off in India this week, Bangladesh faced a defeat at the hands of defending champion England on Monday, losing by four wickets.

In India's Guwahati, the contest was restricted to 37 overs due to rain. Bangladesh took the batting stance first, amassing a total of 188 for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 37 overs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz played a brilliant innings of 74 runs from 89 balls. Tanzid Hasan Tamim with 45 was the other useful contributor. England used as many as nine bowlers with left-armer Reece Topley taking three wickets.

In reply, England's revised target was 197 and they knocked it off in just 24.1 overs. Moeen Ali hit six sixes in his 56 off 39 balls while Jos Buttler hit a quick-fire 15-ball 30.

Captain Shakib Al Hasan was not part of this game because of the slight niggles. He also missed the first warm-up against Sri Lanka which Bangladesh won by seven wickets. Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who returned to the team, led the Bangladesh.

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

England Squad: Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Gus Atkinson