<p>England continued their march towards the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup with their second successive victory, an eight-wicket romp against Bangladesh in a Group I match in Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday.</p>.<p>England spinner Moeen Ali (2-18) struck in the powerplay and Tymal Mills (3-27) dominated the death-overs to restrict Bangladesh to a below-par 124-9 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.</p>.<p>Opener Jason Roy smashed 61 off 38 balls as England, bidding to become the first team to hold the 50-overs and 20-overs World Cups at the same time, chased down the target with 5.5 overs to maintain their top spot in the six-team group.</p>.<p>Earlier, Bangladesh elected to bat on what their skipper Mahmudullah described as a "belter" at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.</p>.<p>Mahmudullah was soon left to rue that decision as England dominated the powerplay reducing Bangladesh to 27-3 after the first six overs.</p>.<p>Moeen has enjoyed operating with the new ball in recent times and the off-spinner once again was in the thick of things removing both the openers in the third over.</p>.<p>Liton Das offered a top-edge at backward square leg and Mohammad Naim sent the next ball straight to the mid-on fielder and Bangladesh's powerplay woes were not over yet.</p>.<p>Adil Rashid took a tumbling catch running backwards at short fine leg to dismiss Bangladesh's talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for four.</p>.<p>Mushfiqur Rahim made a run-a-ball 29 before trying to reverse-sweep Liam Livingstone and getting trapped lbw in the process.</p>.<p>Bangladesh had to wait until the penultimate over for their first six in their innings when Nasum Ahmed smashed a couple of them against Rashid though they still fell short of the 125-mark.</p>.<p>England began their chase briskly to snuff out any prospects of an upset in the first ever 20-overs contest between the sides.</p>.<p>Jos Buttler fell for 18 but Roy killed off the contest with his whirlwind knock that included three sixes.</p>.<p>England fielded the same XI which had outplayed defending champions West Indies on Saturday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>England continued their march towards the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup with their second successive victory, an eight-wicket romp against Bangladesh in a Group I match in Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday.</p>.<p>England spinner Moeen Ali (2-18) struck in the powerplay and Tymal Mills (3-27) dominated the death-overs to restrict Bangladesh to a below-par 124-9 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.</p>.<p>Opener Jason Roy smashed 61 off 38 balls as England, bidding to become the first team to hold the 50-overs and 20-overs World Cups at the same time, chased down the target with 5.5 overs to maintain their top spot in the six-team group.</p>.<p>Earlier, Bangladesh elected to bat on what their skipper Mahmudullah described as a "belter" at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.</p>.<p>Mahmudullah was soon left to rue that decision as England dominated the powerplay reducing Bangladesh to 27-3 after the first six overs.</p>.<p>Moeen has enjoyed operating with the new ball in recent times and the off-spinner once again was in the thick of things removing both the openers in the third over.</p>.<p>Liton Das offered a top-edge at backward square leg and Mohammad Naim sent the next ball straight to the mid-on fielder and Bangladesh's powerplay woes were not over yet.</p>.<p>Adil Rashid took a tumbling catch running backwards at short fine leg to dismiss Bangladesh's talismanic all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for four.</p>.<p>Mushfiqur Rahim made a run-a-ball 29 before trying to reverse-sweep Liam Livingstone and getting trapped lbw in the process.</p>.<p>Bangladesh had to wait until the penultimate over for their first six in their innings when Nasum Ahmed smashed a couple of them against Rashid though they still fell short of the 125-mark.</p>.<p>England began their chase briskly to snuff out any prospects of an upset in the first ever 20-overs contest between the sides.</p>.<p>Jos Buttler fell for 18 but Roy killed off the contest with his whirlwind knock that included three sixes.</p>.<p>England fielded the same XI which had outplayed defending champions West Indies on Saturday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>