Bangladesh-England Test Match: England is entering the field today with 50 runs for 3 wickets

The Dhaka Times Desk The umpires have announced the end of the first day of Dhaka Test between Bangladesh and England due to rain. Today, England is entering the field with 50 runs for 3 wickets.

The visiting England collected 50 runs for the loss of 3 wickets before the rain started. Joe Root 15 and Moeen Ali remain unbeaten on 2 runs. The second day's play will begin today (Saturday) at 9:20 am.

Shakib Al Hasan struck first in the English innings. Shakib sent Ben Duckett to the pavilion for a personal 7 runs. Then Alistair Cook was trapped leg before by Mirage for a personal 14 runs.

On the other hand, Mirage made Gary Ballance his second victim. Balance scored 9 runs and gave a catch to Mushfiq. After that, when the rain started, there were about 15 overs left for the day's play, but the umpires announced the end of the game as the field was not fit for play due to heavy rain. Play is scheduled to start 40 minutes earlier today (Saturday) to make up for these overs.

It should be noted that Mushfiqur Rahim, the captain of the Bangladesh team, won the toss and decided to bat first against the English at the Mirpur Sherebangla Stadium on Friday morning. Tigers were all out for 220 runs in the first innings.