Kavya Maran’s favorite took a hat-trick, Australia reached the semi-finals, now they will compete with this team

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|21-06-2024

AUS vs BAN: In the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, two teams of Group-1, Australia and Bangladesh, played their first match of Super-8 on the previous day. The Australian team (AUS vs BAN) won this match by 28 runs under the Duckworth Lewis rule.

If we talk about the match, the Bangladeshi team, who came to bat first, had set a challenging score. In response, it rained heavily while Australia was batting. However, the Kangaroo team got a tremendous advantage due to the stormy innings of Warner and Travis Head. Pat Cummins took a brilliant hat-trick in this match.

AUS vs BAN: Bangladesh batting condition

AUS vs BAN

Australia (AUS vs BAN) won the toss and decided to bowl first against Bangladesh on 20 June in Antigua. The Bangladeshi team, which came to bat first, had a very bad start. They lost the first wicket on a score of zero. Tanjid Hasan could not even open his account.

Litton Das was out after scoring 16 runs. Captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto hit 41 runs in 36 balls. Apart from him, Tauhid Hridoy also hit 40 runs in 28 balls. On the basis of these innings, Bangladesh set a target of 141 runs in 20 overs for Australia.

Australia started with a win

The Australian team, which came to chase the target of 141 runs set by Bangladesh, had a great start. David Warner and Travis Head scored 65 runs in 6.5 overs for the first wicket. Warner (David Warner) scored 53 runs in 35 balls and Head (Travis Head) scored 31 runs in 21 balls.

This team had scored 100 runs at the loss of two wickets in 11.2 overs, when rain started in the match. The umpires decided the match under Duckworth Lewis rule. The score of Bangladeshi team was only 72 runs till 11.2 overs. On this basis, the Kangaroo team won the match by 28 runs. Due to this victory, the Australian team has made its way easy to reach the semi-finals.

Pat Cummins' match hat-trick made the difference

Australia's fast bowler Pat Cummins took a hat-trick in the match. He took the wickets of Mahmudullah and Mehdi Hasan on the fifth and sixth balls of the 18th over. The right-arm fast bowler completed his hat-trick by sending Tauheed Hridoy to the pavilion on the first ball of the 20th over. Let us tell you that this is Australia's second hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. Earlier in 2007, Brett Lee had done this feat against Bangladesh.

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