When he was named in the team sheet today, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, Jonny Bairstow became the 27th England cricketer to play 100 Men’s ODIs.

Bairstow eventually fell for a 59-ball 52, but not before he and Dawid Malan added 115 – the first century opening stand in Dharamsala. The previous record, between Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane against the West Indies in 2014/15, was worth only 70.

Malan himself went on to slam 140 in 107 balls, his highest ODI score to eclipse his 134 against Australia at Adelaide in 2022/23. Malan’s 140 is also the fourth-highest World Cup score for England, after Andrew Strauss’s 158, Jason Roy’s 153, and Eoin Morgan’s 148.

The second-wicket partnership of 151 between Malan and Root is now the highest stand for any wicket at Dharamsala. The previous record of 138, for the third wicket, was between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina, against the West Indies in 2014/15.

England, thus, added 266 for the first two wickets – their best in World Cup history. Their previous best of 230 came against India at Lord’s in 1975, in the first ever World Cup match.

Root made a 68-ball 82 during which he went past Graham Gooch’s record England World Cup career aggregate of 897 runs. Root finished the day on 917 World Cup runs.

England finished on 364-9, their third-highest World Cup total, after their 397-6 against Afghanistan at Old Trafford and 386-6 against Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, both in 2019.

Before that, Liam Livingstone became the first England middle-order batter (Nos. 3 to 6) to score a golden duck at the World Cup since 2011. The last to do this was Graeme Swann during his surprising promotion in the quarter-final against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

For Bangladesh, Mahedi Hasan returned 8-0-71-4, the most expensive four-wicket haul in World Cup history. With an economy of 8.88, Mahedi just ‘went past’ Christopher Mpofu’s 8.85, which he had acquired during his 7-0-62-4 against Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2011.

At the same time, Mahedi became the first spinner to take four wickets in a men’s ODI in Dharamsala. He went past Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3-25 against Afghanistan from three days ago: Shakib Al Hasan had also taken 3-30 that day.