The Australian team is currently on the tour of Bangladesh. Where both the teams are playing a three-match ODI series. After this there will be a three-match T20 series. Bangladesh has made a big upset on this tour of Australia and won the ODI series with a lead of 2-0. In the first match of the series, Bangladesh defeated Australia by 86 runs. In the second ODI also, he performed brilliantly and won by 5 wickets. The special thing is that Bangladesh has won both these matches under the DLS rule.
In 2005, Bangladesh created history by defeating Australia for the first time in Cardiff. Now he has made another new history. Bangladesh has defeated Australia for the first time in a bilateral ODI series. Now Bangladesh has already won the series and Australia will only have a chance to save honor in the last match. This match is to be played on 14 June in Mirpur.
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Highlights of second ODI match
The second match between Bangladesh and Australia was played in Mirpur on 11 June. Bangladesh looked dominant in this match from the beginning. First he took Australia to 0 for 3 wickets and then to 6 wickets for 81 runs. The Australian team made a slight comeback after this but two quick wickets of Taskin Ahmed dashed their hopes again. The game was stopped due to rain for about three hours but the target achieved under the DLS rule was not very big. Australia scored 187 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 42 overs.
Another shameful record has been registered in the name of Australia. This is only the fourth time in ODI history when a team lost three wickets without opening the account. The last time this happened before this was in 2003. When Bangladesh team reached this condition against Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s name is included twice in this unwanted list.
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While chasing the target, Bangladesh lost the wicket of Tanjid Hasan early but Soumya Sarkar and Nazmul Hussain Shanto took the team under control by playing useful innings of 40-40 runs. Australia tried to make a comeback in the match by taking three wickets early in the middle. However, Tauheed Hriday stood firm at one end and Captain Mehdi maintained his composure till the end. Both of them took the team to the destination of victory. As a result, Bangladesh scored 195 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 35 overs and won the match by 5 wickets with 36 balls to spare under the DLS method.
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