“The footwork is palpably slow to start with, and that makes him vulnerable to the incoming delivery. If he can rediscover the 2019 form, then India will be assured of a very good start to their campaign,” Gavaskar said.

Zainab Abbas was due to present for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) own digital coverage of the tournament, which began last week.

Soon after completing his 47th half-century in ODIs, Mushfiqur Rahim hit a ball straight to Adil Rashid to become Topley's fourth scalp of the match and depart for 51 off 64 balls in the last ball of the 31st over

A frustrated Taskin Ahmed almost exploded in anger during his interaction with the media following a 137-run defeat against England in Dharamshala on Tuesday.

Bangladesh will not mind going into their second World Cup game against defending champions England as underdogs in Dharamshala today.

Despite having cruised to a six-wicket victory against Afghanistan in their World Cup opener, Bangladesh will have their work cut out against a somewhat wounded England in Dharamshala today.

Highly-regarded Dutch all-rounder Bas de Leede has joined a rare group of cricketers at the World Cup who have followed their fathers into the tournament.

Bangladesh made a solid start to their campaign after they defeated Afghanistan comfortably while defending champions lost their opening match to New Zealand.

Australia's batsmen lacked aggression against India's world-class spin attack during Sunday's six-wicket defeat by the hosts in their World Cup opener and they must change their mindset to be more effective, former captain Aaron Finch said.

New Zealand roared to a second successive victory at the World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by 99 runs in Hyderabad on Monday, with Mitchell Santner taking five wickets.

Bangladesh are set for a much steeper hurdle in their second World Cup match against England in Dharamshala today following a convincing six-wicket victory over Afghanistan at the same venue.

Set a target of 323, the Dutch were dismissed for 223 in 46.3 overs with Colin Ackermann making 69 and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner claiming 5-59.

Can Bangladesh come out and find themselves somewhere close to the semi final spots?

That Bangladesh did not lose way after the initial opening partnership had developed was important from the perspective of the brand of cricket that team wants to play.

Opener Will Young, Rachin Ravindra and Tom Latham struck half centuries as New Zealand overcame some tight bowling by the Netherlands to post 322-7 in their World Cup clash on Monday.

England’s defeat to Bangladesh in the 2015 World Cup saw them get knocked out of the tournament and acted as a wake-up call for England cricket which went through a massive transformation following that loss.

The expectation all around was that the tournament would find its groove once the on-field action began. But BCCI’s decision not to keep India in the opening game and hosting it in the world’s largest cricket stadium, the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, didn’t allow that.

"It's poor in my own opinion," Buttler told reporters on Monday ahead of the match against Bangladesh.

The Dutch brought in Sybrand Engelbrecht for Saqib Zulfiqar and Ryan Klein replaces Logan van Beek who suffered a hamstring injury in their opening 81-run defeat against Pakistan, also in Hyderabad on Friday.

Seeing people going about their lives in a nonchalant manner right beside the gorgeous Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, makes it hard to believe that a global tournament like the World Cup is taking place inside the venue.