England pacer Liam Plunkett has stressed that a Bangladesh win cannot be deemed a “shock” anymore ahead of their World Cup 2019 clash at Cardiff.
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England have been on the receiving end of two defeats by Bangladesh in back-to-back editions of the World Cup. The last one, in 2015, knocked England out of the tournament.
“Pakistan are pretty good like that – they can get niggly. Similarly, Bangladesh, India, they’re good at doing that, [like] appealing quite a lot. It’s just the way they like to play their cricket.
“But we’ve played in big competitions, guys have played around the world – at the Indian Premier League and Big Bash in front of big crowds – so it shouldn’t be too much.”
