AUS vs BAN: Bangladesh has surprised the cricket world by defeating Australia in its own home Test match. In the first Test match played in Darwin, Bangladesh team under the captaincy of Nazmul Hussain Shanto defeated the number-1 team of WTC points table, Australia in its own home. Australia, under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, would not have even thought that Bangladesh team would defeat them unilaterally in their own home. After 23 years, Bangladesh team came to Australia to play a test match and then created history by defeating Australia on the very fourth day. By winning this match, Bangladesh team made many records, which are recorded forever in history, so let us know which top-5 historical records were made by Bangladesh after the victory against Australia.
Bangladesh's first test win on Australian soil
This is the biggest golden moment ever in the history of Bangladesh cricket. Since gaining Test status in 2000, Bangladesh toured Australia in 2003 and the Tigers were defeated 2–0 by Australia in the 2-Test series. Now after a long wait of 23 years, Bangladesh team toured Australia and has already given a crushing defeat in the first test match. This is Bangladesh's first test win in Australia. Bangladesh has played a total of 7 test matches against Australia, in which this is their second win. Earlier, Bangladesh had defeated Australia by 7 wickets at home in the year 2017. This match was played in Mirpur.
Second Asian team to win the fastest test in Australia
If we look at cricket history, it has been very difficult for any Asian team to defeat Australia at its own home. But Bangladesh took only 3 Test matches to win its first Test on Australian soil. In this matter they have left behind big teams like India and Pakistan. It took 12 matches for India to win its first Test in Australia and had to wait for almost 3 decades, while Pakistan team registered its first win in its 7th Test played in Australia. Now Bangladesh has achieved this historic victory while playing only 3 test matches in Australia. Bangladesh has jointly become the second fastest team in the world to register its first Test win in the shortest number of matches in Australia (3 matches). In this matter, England is at number one, having won only its second Test match on Australian soil, while South Africa, playing 3 Test matches, is jointly at second place with Bangladesh.
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