Dawid Malan and Reece Topley star in England's big win over Bangladesh

England got their World Cup 2023 campaign back on track with a familiarly dominant display with the bat as the defending champions defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs in Dharamsala on Tuesday.

England were thrashed by nine wickets in the opening match of the tournament by New Zealand in Ahmedabad. Not only had they lost, but also suffered a huge drop in their net run rate. They needed an equally big win to bring back some parity, and they did so perfectly at the picturesque HPCA Stadium.

Opener Dawid Malan smashed 140 and enjoyed century-plus partnerships with Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root to help England post 364-9.

Malan combined with Bairstow in a 115-run opening stand to give England a terrific start after being put into bat by Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan.

Even after Bairstow departed for 52, there was no respite for Bangladesh as Malan raised 151 runs with Root, whose 82 followed his 77 in the tournament opener against New Zealand.

Root also overtook Graham Gooch as England's all-time leading run-scorer in ODI World Cups.

Malan smashed five sixes and 16 fours in his 107-ball innings before losing his off-stump to spinner Mahedi Hasan (4-71).

Shoriful Islam (3-75), who had sent back Jos Buttler in his previous over, dismissed Root and Liam Livingstone from successive deliveries but Sam Curran denied him a hat-trick.

England kept losing wickets at the death and despite being well-placed at 296-3 in the 40th over, fell short of the 400-run mark. But in the end, they had more than enough in the bank.

Playing his first match of the tournament, left-arm quick Reece Topley (4-43) wrecked Bangladesh's top order in the first six overs to set England up for an easy victory.

Bangladesh were all out for 227 in 48.2 overs, and