Jos Buttler-led England won the toss and decided to bat first against Hashmatullah Shahidi's Afghanistan in the 13th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
Former England skipper and their leading Test run-scorer Alastair Cook announced his retirement from professional cricket after a 20-year career on Friday. He made his first-team debut for Essex in May 2003.
After accruing 480 ODI runs at an average of 80 in September, Gill overcame fast bowler Mohammed Siraj and England's opener Dawid Malan to win the prize.
Defending champions England will be playing their third WC match against Afghanistan in Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. After a nine-wicket defeat to 2019 finalists New Zealand in the tournament opener, England got back on track with a 137-run win over Bangladesh.
However, Jasprit Bumrah had played a Test match against England in the Narendra Modi Stadium two years ago. This time he will be returning to the same ground but against a different opponent and certainly with stakes being way higher than before.
Bangladesh cricket team have been fined 5 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in their second World Cup campaign clash against England on Tuesday.
Dawid Malan's blitz of 140 and Joe Root's 80 followed by Reece Topley's four-wicket haul powered England to 137 runs triumph against Bangladesh in the ongoing ICC World Cup here at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Tuesday.