Bangladesh v England: Tigers secure comfortable six-wicket win in first T20

Najmul Hossain Shanto acceptable up Bangladesh's pursuit with 51 from 30 balls

Bangladesh bushed satellite champions England comfortably by six wickets successful the archetypal T20 planetary successful Chattogram.

Shanto added 65 for the 3rd wicket with debutant Towhid Hridoy, who made 24, arsenic the hosts adapted amended to a slow, sluggish pitch.

The 2nd of 3 T20s lucifer takes spot connected Sunday successful Mirpur.

It is Bangladesh's archetypal triumph implicit England successful a T20 match, though it is lone the 2nd clip the teams person met successful the format.

England were connected people for a immense full arsenic skipper Jos Buttler and Phil Salt raced to 80 aft 10 overs, but Bangladesh's seamers fought backmost astatine the end, conceding conscionable 21 runs from the last 4 overs.

Buttler made a dynamic 67 from 42 balls aft being dropped by Shakib Al Hasan connected 19, but erstwhile helium and Ben Duckett fell successful consecutive balls, England struggled to marque the astir of their assertive start.

Seamer Hasan Mahmud led the onslaught with 2-26 from his 4 overs, including the cardinal scalp of Buttler.

In reply, Bangladesh besides made the astir of the six-over powerplay to onslaught England's seamers, reaching 54-2.

England's seamers struggled to accommodate to the dilatory transportation and Shanto capitalised, striking 4 consecutive boundaries from Mark Wood's archetypal over.

Captain Shakib past calmly utilized his acquisition to steer his broadside to triumph and decorativeness unbeaten connected 34.

More to follow.