Afghanistan lost to England in their previous outing at the World Cup. It was a huge upset in the mega event given that England are the defending champions. They will next face South Africa who are also coming off an upset loss to the Netherlands in their previous game.

England lost their World Cup opener to New Zealand by nine wickets and lost their second game of the ongoing World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to Afghanistan. Ben Stokes is yet to regain his full fitness and that seems to be bothering the Three Lions.

Delhi crowd seems to be a good student as it acknowledged Virat Kohli's request of cheering for Afghanistan pacer Naveen ul Haq rather than booing him since the infamous spat between the two cricketers in IPL 2023. Delhi was at its loudest when Naveen cleaned up England skipper Jos Buttler.

England captain Jos Buttler wasn't in full support of the decision to play at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala amid fears regarding the sandy outfield. Since the Mujeeb ur Rahman incident in the first game at the venue in the ongoing World Cup, the outfield of the ground is under the scanner.

England took on New Zealand in the first game of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Thursday, October 5 and a stunning record was scripted in the tournament opener. England, who were sent in to bat first by the Kiwis scored, 282 runs in the first innings.

"I don't think any time is easy. It's part of the job as captain that is not enjoyable, whether they're great friends or not, it's not a nice job to do," Buttler said.

Revered as the next big thing in English cricket, Harry Brook has made a wild card entry into England's World Cup 2023 squad. Brook, who wasn't named in the provisional squad for the New Zealand series earlier was brought as batting cover later on.

England and New Zealand will face each other in Cardiff today in the first of four-match ODI series. The preceding T20I series between the two teams ended in 2-2 with the visitors winning the last two matches.

England have unveiled their brand new jersey ahead of their first ODI match against New Zealand on Friday.

"He's just the unfortunate one at the moment to not be in that squad at the moment," Buttler added.

Ben Stokes had retired from the ODI format last year citing hectic schedule as the reason. But he came out of retirement for England to feature in the World Cup set to be played in India.

Ben Stokes comes out of ODI retirement to aid England in their World Cup title defense.

In the match, Buttler got out for a duck as he was run out following a mix-up with his fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Buttler has scored five centuries and 17 half-centuries so far.

ENG vs BAN 2nd ODI: England are currently 1-0 up in the three match ODI series and are currently chasing a seven-year-old record at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

England recently suffered a 1-2 series loss to South Africa and has named two uncapped players in their squad for the Bangladesh tour.

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While Players from England dominate the shortlist, with three nominees, two players have made the cut from the arch-rivals India and Pakistan both.

England will lock horns with Pakistan on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.