England 225 all out (49.4 overs)
Bangladesh227 for 8 (49.0 overs)
Bangladesh pull off a shock win in the World Cup, inflicting a second defeat on England that leaves their progress to the quarter-finals in serious doubt. Dhaka, Mar 12 (bdnews24.com)
Ecstatic Bangladesh fans rocked Dhaka and Chittagong with colourful processions and slogan-chants to celebrate the two-wicket victory over England on Friday.
The first procession in Chittagong came out from Jelepara, adjacent to the media box of the local Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.
Shouts of "Bangladesh….Bangladesh" rent air, as the people rejoiced the victory with drums and vuvuzelas until past-midnight.
Two of them—Binu Rani Das and Niru Bala Das—told bdnews24.com that they were very happy as Bangladesh won the match in their 'yard'.
Sixty-year-old Suraja Rani Das said she kept banging a puja cymbal at Sri Radha Gobinda temple out of joy for long.
Children filled the city with the sound of vuvuzelas.
Moreover, the law enforcers on duty in the stadium area were also seen celebrating the victory.
In the capital, the people took to the streets after Mahmudullah hit the final shot.
Frenzied fans shouted with joy. The entire city, especially the Dhaka University area, was taken over by the delighted crowds.
Many of them carried fireworks in their pockets, as they 'knew that Bangladesh would win the match'.
"We are with Bangladesh whether it wins or loses," they shouted a few minutes prior to the close of the match.
Dhaka University student Abul Kalam Azad said the victory seemed to him as 'recovery of a lost property'.
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