Bangladesh vs Australia // 2nd T20 // Australia Tour Of Bangladesh 2021

It was the 2nd T20 match played between Australia vs Bangladesh yesterday at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Bangladesh beat Australia by 5 wickets. And lead the 5 match T20 series by 2-0. Now Bangladesh have the great opportunity to win the series for the first time against Australia. Bangladesh just need to win a match to confirm the series. Once upon a time Australia was a irresistible team. But it's really a bad sign for team Australia. It was the sixth loss for Australia in their last seven matches. They need to win the all remaining matches to win the series against Bangladesh.



Match Highlights


Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Australia haven't started well. Aussie openers Philippe have gone for 10 runs and Alex Carey gone for 11 runs. Then Mitchell Marsh and Moises Henriques together made 57 runs partnership. Mitchell Marsh scored 45 runs in 42 balls including 5 fours. Moises Henriques scored 30 runs in 25 balls including 3 fours and a six. After losing their wickets there was wickets rally in Aussie family. No other batsman made a creditable innings. Finally Australia scored total 121 runs by 7 wickets.


Bangladeshi bowlers haven't given any chance to Aussie batsman. Almost every bowlers were very economical. Mustafizur Rahman picked up 3 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. Really great bowling performance for the Fiz. Shoriful Islam picked up two wickets. Shakib Al Hasan and Mehedi Hasan each picked up one wicket.



Mustafizur Rahman 3 Wickets


In reply Bangladesh have lost Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Naim very early. Soumya Sarkar have gone for duck and Mohammad Naim for 9 runs. Then Shakib Al Hasan came out and made 37 runs partnership with Mehedi Hasan. Shakib scored 26 runs in 17 balls including 4 fours and Mehedi scored 23 runs in 24 balls. After breaking their partnership Mahamudullah came out and gone for duck. Bangladesh have lost total 5 wickets for 67 runs. In this situation it was very tough to chase down the target but Afif Hossain came out and played a magical innings. He scored 37 runs in 31 balls including 5 fours and a six and remained unbeaten. Nurul Hasan also scored unbeaten 22 runs in 21 balls. And finally Bangladesh chased down the target in 18.4 overs.



Afif Hossain Unbeaten 37 Runs


It was really tough to stop Bangladesh for the 122 runs target. Aussie bowlers tried their best but failed to finish it. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye each picked up one wicket. Afif Hossain was player of the match for his unbeaten match finishing innings.


Brief Scores



Australia : 121/7
Mitchell Marsh 45, M Henriques 30
Mustafizur Rahman 3-23


Bangladesh : 123/5
Afif Hossain 37*, SA Hasan 26
Ashton Agar 1-17


☆☆☆ Player of the match: Afif Hossain




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