While a well-rounded team effort ensured this memorable victory over the reigning T20 World Cup champions, three key performances managed to give the Tigers the upper hand in the contest.

England produced a dominating display in the second ODI against Bangladesh to beat the Tigers by 132 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Casting aside the fallout from the purported rift between national-team stalwarts Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh will be hoping to continue their dominance in the 50-over format when the Tigers take on England in the first ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National in Mirpur today. The match is scheduled to start at 12:00pm.

Bangladesh Cricket Board was humbled by a silly mistake they committed on Tuesday when they couldn't figure out the difference between the flags of the United Kingdom and England.

Newly appointed Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha's first assignment in charge of the Tigers will demand his wits to help outplay the reigning world champions England at home. 

Bangladesh are the seventh-ranked team and England are ranked number one, so it would have been overly optimistic to expect the Tigers to beat the form team in world cricket.

There was bound to be a time when expectations would meet reality, and for Bangladesh that time was yesterday at the Cardiff Wales Stadium, specifically while England ran up a monstrous 386 for six in their World Cup game. Bangladesh had been riding high, coming into the World Cup

Bangladesh lose against the hosts England by 106 runs at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff today.

The gloomy weather yesterday in Cardiff, where it rained heavily until late afternoon, did no favours to Bangladesh ahead of today’s World Cup match against World Cup favourites and hosts England. Tamim Iqbal is feeling the same. In that regard, I think we have been a little unlucky.