Joe Root’s 133 not out powers England to win the opening Championship Trophy match

ICC Champions Trophy, 1st Match, Group A: England v Bangladesh at The Kennington Oval, London, Jun 1, 2017

England v Bangladesh

England won by 8 wickets with 18 balls remaining.

Bangladesh 305/6 off 50 overs, Yamim Iqbal 128 off 142, 12 fours, 3 sixes, Mushfiqur Rahim 70 off 72, 8 fours, Soumya Sarkar 39 off 34, 4 fours, 1 six, LE Plunkett 59-4, BA Stokes 42-1, JR Ball 82-1.

England 308/2 off 47.2 overs, AD Hales 95 off 86, 11 fours, 2 sixes, JE Root 133 not out off 129, 11 fours, 1 six, EJG Morgan 75 off 61, 8 fours, 2 sixes, Mashrafe Mortaza 56-1, Sabbir Rahman 13-1.

Player of the match – JE Root (England)

 Joe Root’s unbeaten career-best 133 powered England to an eight-wicket win in their opening Champions Trophy match over Bangladesh after a successful 306-run chase. Joe Root’s 129 ball innings with 11 fours, and a six with Eoin Morgan whose 61-ball 75 with 8 fours and 2 sixes, as the pair was responsible for an unbeaten 143-run third-wicket stand after Alex Hales and Root added 159 for the second wicket.

 Tamim Iqbal’s splendid effort of 128 was invain.

The turning point of the game was in the last two overs which went for only seven runs, and made a big difference as Bangladesh couldn’t find too many boundaries in the last five overs.