Twitter Reactions: Malan, Topley power England to emphatic win against Bangladesh in ODI Word Cup 2023

England finally opened their account in the ongoing ICC Cricket Cricket World Cup, registering a thumping 137-run win against Bangladesh at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on October 10, Tuesday.

Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to field first. Openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan provided a flying start for the Jos Buttler-led side, producing a 115-run opening stand before Shakib dismissed the former for 52 runs in the 18th over. Malan and Joe Root, though, combined 151 runs for the second wicket.

Malan smashed 140 off 107 deliveries, including 16 boundaries and five maximums before being dismissed by Mahedi Hasan. Scoring his sixth century in the ODI he scripted a new record, becoming the fastest player to achieve the milestone in the 50-over format. Root, on the other hand, played a blistering knock of 68-ball 82 runs.

Bangladesh then produced a late counterattack as England could add only 68 runs with the loss of seven wickets. Mahedi Hasan finished with a four-fer despite conceding 71 runs in 8 overs. Meanwhile, Shoriful Islam took three wickets and gave up 75 runs, in his full quota. However, the defending champions managed to post a mammoth total of  364 in allotted overs.

Reece Topley stars as England restricts Bangladesh to 227 in 48.2 overs

Fast bowler Reece Topley claimed three wickets in the first seven overs, and Chris Woakes added fourth as Bangladesh rattled from the beginning of their chase. Following that, opener Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim, both of whom scored half-centuries, attempted to steady the innings. The wicketkeeper-batter along with Rahim put up a partnership of 72 runs before falling to Woakes for 76 off just 66 deliveries, with Bangladesh reeling at 121/5.

Rahim then shared a brief partnership with Towhid Hridoy before Topley finished his innings for 51 runs, making him the fourth victim of the English pacer. England bowlers continued their attack as they restricted the Tigers at 227 in 48.2 overs with Sam Curran taking their last wicket of Taskin Ahmed. 

Here is how ‘X’ reacted to England’s win:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENGLAND WIN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

It's game on in India.#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/C8fz9F4voK

— England's Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) October 10, 2023

ENGLAND BEAT BANGLADESH BY 137 RUNS...!!!

Defending champions clinch their first victory in the World Cup! Malan, Root, Bairstow, and Topley shining as the heroes of the day.#CWC23 #ENGvBAN

— Himanshu Soni (@Himanshu_Soni13) October 10, 2023

ENGLAND WON BY 137 RUNS.
Well tried Bangladesh.
Congratulations my Lions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧#CWC23 #ENGvBAN

— MOMMY 𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓳𝓲 🖤 (@Sofiya69786) October 10, 2023

ENGLAND WIN BY 137 RUNS AGAINST BANGLADESH!!!
LETS GOOOOOO!!!#ENGvBAN #ICCWorldCup #CricketWorldCup2023

— Muhammad Zain (@MCFCZain_) October 10, 2023

Defending Champions beat Bangladesh by 137 runs.
First win for Buttler's Men in this World Cup courtesy of brilliant hundred by Malan and exceptional bowling by Topley👏#ENGvBAN #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/bA5u93jDYY

— Zee (@mjzee921) October 10, 2023

Cric World 🌍#CWC23 #ENGvBAN
ENG won by 137 runs🔥

ENG 364/9(50)
BAN 227(48.2)

Malan 140(107)⭐
Root 82(68)👏🏻
Bairstow 52(59)👏🏻
Topley 4/43(10)⭐

Das 76(66)👏🏻
Rahim 51(64)👏🏻
Mehidi Hasan 4/71(8)👏🏻
Islam 3/75(10)👏🏻

Cric Hashtags!#ICCMensCricketWorldCup2023#PAKvSL #INDvsAFG pic.twitter.com/RMRVwxbYj1

— Cine World 🌍 (@CWcricworld) October 10, 2023

Game 7: #ENGvBAN
Winner: England

1️⃣ Shanto has got 4 ducks in ODIs, all of them are first ball ducks! 🤷‍♂️
2️⃣ Only 2nd time England had top three with 50+ in WC Innings! 😮
3️⃣ 3rd highest total for England in World Cup! 😱
4️⃣ 4th highest score for England Men in World Cup -… https://t.co/tCiDWkVMah pic.twitter.com/XUQUNn6RBk

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 10, 2023

Root owned this shot !

Back to Back 50's in CWC23#ENGvBAN #BANvsENG pic.twitter.com/tnDgN76juz

— Neel Tweet's (@iamneelcrick) October 10, 2023

An outstanding spell by Reece Topley on his ODI World Cup debut 💪 #ENGvBAN | #CWC23
#HassanAli #Shadabv #MiaKhalifa #WWERaw📷📷📷#INDvsPAK #RaiderNation   📷📷📷📷 #PAKvSL #PCB #BabarAzam𓃵 #PakTeam #FakharZaman #ShubmanGill #ZainabAbbas #INDvsAUS #viratkohli𓃵2027 pic.twitter.com/BWIz1QMjLp

— Abhishek (@Abhishekkk_k) October 10, 2023

Should've gone even harder...
400+ was on easily on the cards while batting
Bangladesh could've been easily bowled out well short of 200...

— Unique Rufi (@Unique_Rufi77) October 10, 2023

Although the opposition admittedly weren’t the strongest we’ll encounter against in the tournament, but regardless of that, I’m happy with the response after the NZ debacle the other day. Malan, Root and Topley in particular were mighty impressive. 👏 👊 💪 😊 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvBAN #CWC23

— Ijaz Uddin (@uddinbijaz97) October 10, 2023