Captain Mehedi Hasan Miraj finished the job by hitting a fine leg bouncer from Riley Meredith for a six. Earlier, the Bangladesh captain, who had fallen after being hit on the helmet by a bouncer, finished the match in a great manner.
Bangladesh won the second ODI by 5 wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday. This victory confirmed the series for Mehedi Hasan Miraj’s team. This is the first ODI series win against Australia. Among the Test-playing teams, only England is left to win an ODI series. With this, Bangladesh has won four consecutive ODI series.
The bowlers did the winning work, of course. Australia, disoriented by Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman, did not get the capital to fight. After overcoming the initial shock of a modest target, Soumya Sarkar and Nazmul Hossain, who returned to the playing eleven, calmed the team down. Later, Towhid Hridoy made a safe exit.
Hridoy remained unbeaten on 40 off 55 balls after finishing the match with 36 balls to spare. Miraj made 22 off 22 balls. Earlier, Soumya managed to handle the initial pressure and made 42 off 47 balls, while Shantar batted 42 off 53 balls.
No team has ever won a match after losing 3 wickets for naught in ODI history, and after Australia, who won the toss and batted, suffered such a disaster, the match was basically in Bangladesh’s hands. Later, they resisted with a century pair and the first two-three overs were a bit of a struggle for them in bowling. Bangladesh won the rest of the match with aplomb.
