England won the toss and elected to field in the ICC Champions Trophy game against Bangladesh at the Kennington Oval on June 1, 2017. Bangladesh will like to put behind the drubbing they received at the hands of India in a previous game and will be trying to give a good performance.

Final scores - England win by 8 wickets.

England 308/2 in 47.2 overs.

Bangladesh 305/6 in 50 overs.

England won the toss and elected to field first.

England are hot favorites to win the trophy on their home turf.

The match will begin at 9:30 am GMT which is 03:00 pm IST. England will be hosting the Championship. England had lost in the previous edition of the game in the final. England is hosting the tournament for the third time.

England are hot favorites

England is going great guns and is upbeat after their 2-1 victory against South Africa. However, Bangladesh has a better winning average against the English, having defeated them twice in 2011 and 2015.

Live TV telecast and live streaming

The ICC Trophy will be beamed live in the Indian Subcontinent by Star Sports India. The match will be streamed live online on Hotstar.

For International viewers, the games will be broadcast live by following media companies in respective countries-

  • Australia: Channel 9, Fox Sports,
  • Bangladesh: GTV, Star Sports India
  • India: Star Sports, DD National (Only India matches),
  • Sri Lanka: SLRC Channel Eye,
  • Pakistan: PTV Sports, Ten Sports
  • Caribbean, New Zealand: Sky Sports, Sky Sports NZ,
  • United Kingdom: ITV 1 & 4, Sky Sports,
  • USA: ESPN3, Willow TV

Bangladesh has potential to upset

However, the team has lost to both Pakistan and India by a huge margin.

However, Bangladesh team is seen as a dark horse and has in the past caused some upsets and have the potential to defeat the best teams. Even though the Mashrafe Mortaza-led Bangladesh side comes in with defeats against India And Pakistan in their warm-up matches, they are by no means a pushover.

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It will be the eighth edition of the Icc Champions Trophy. The Bangladesh Tigers will surely feel the heat against England who will be playing before home crowds. In the previous warm-up match against India, the Bangladesh team was bundled out for a paltry 84 and suffered a crushing 240 runs defeat.

The biggest match of this tournament is easily going to be the game on June 4, between arch rivals India and Pakistan. Record viewership is expected throughout the world for this game. India has to beat Pakistan if they want to win the trophy back again, even though they have the stats against them in this series.
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