It remains unclear whether he will be returning to be in contention for a place in the Indian team or in T20 leagues.
Moeen Ali took out the last two Sri Lankan wickets to se'l England's fourth straight win of the tournament.
Sri Lanka's combination of top-class spin and express pace has been an impressive feature so far, while England's dominance in their three fixtures so far has allowed them to absorb the injury issues of Mark Wood.
After the Power-play, New Zealand stemmed the run-flow by not conceding any boundaries in the middle overs. Sharma mistimed his pull to long-on off Ish Sodhi in the eighth over.
Australia finally broke the partnership through Adam Zampa, who trapped Roy in front of the stumps. However, the wicket did not slow Buttler's knock as he smacked Starc for two more fours before bringing up his fifty with a massive six.
Pointing out that attacking someone over their religion is 'pathetic', Kohli remarked that discriminating against someone over their religion is something which he has never ever thought about.
"You know, the Sharjah wicket is always two-paced, so even in the last game West Indies and Bangladesh we saw that ball is going up and down,"
A defeat for either side would force them to fight for a second qualification place, while a win would put either side in a great position to qualify.
Andre Russell defended 13 in the final over, nailing his yorkers despite misfields and dropped catch to keep West Indies alive in the tournament.
Earlier, batting first, Afghanistan produced one of the most entertaining powerplays of the tournament so far.
With this, Australia now have secured two wins in a row.
Chasing 144, the South African batters reached the target with ten balls to spare
While India's ace bowler Mohammed Shami was trolled for his performance, angry fans took no time to direct their hate towards Anushka Sharma, captain Virat Kohli's wife
Facebook on Monday quickly removed the comments that hurled abuse at pacer Mohammed Shami after he faced online abuse following India's defeat to Pakistan at the ICC T20 World Cup match.
Earlier, opener Mohammad Naim was the highest scorer for Bangladesh with his 62-run knock, while Mushfiqur Rahim contributed an unbeaten 57.
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