Share:DHAKA - Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan steered Bangladesh to a 2-0 lead over Australia in the Twenty20 series with an emphatic five-wicket win in Dhaka on Wednesday. Shakib Al Hasan made 26 but Bangladesh were in trouble at 67-5 in the 12th over when Mahedi Hasan departed, stumped off Adam Zampa for 23. Pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets to restrict Australia to 121-7 despite 45 by Mitchell Marsh, who got the same score in his side’s opening loss of the five-match series on Tuesday. Bangladesh, who recorded their first-ever T20 win over Australia in the previous match, have won two successive games against their opponents for the first time across formats. SCORES IN BRIEFBANGLADESH 123 for 5 (Afif 37*) beat AUSTRALIA 121 for 7 (Marsh 45, Mustafizur 3-23) by five wickets.

Source: The Nation August 04, 2021 16:30 UTC