BANGLADESH BEAT AUSTRALIA FOR THEIR THIRD WIN
Face2News/New Delhi
Rain played spoilsport in the match between India and South Africa as the match was called off without a ball being bowled at the St. Paul’s College Ground, Kochi. The teams will share points. There was persistent showers from the morning making it not possible for the match to start forcing the umpires to call off the match. India will now play Bangladesh at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 13th December.
In the other round robin match played at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai Bangladesh crushed Australia by 102 runs to secure their third win of the tournament and move on top of the table. Opting to bat, Bangladesh riding on half centuries from Salman and Abid scored 225/3 in their 20 0vers. Opening Salman scored an unbeaten 91 (58 balls, 13 x 4) and put on a wonderful partnership with Abid who scored 76 (39 balls, 6 x 4). The pair together put on 142 runs for the second wicket. Salman then partnered with Mohammad Resve Hasan in the slog overs to take the score beyond 200 with an unbeaten 55 runs partnership.
Chasing a formidable target, Australia could not gain any momentum in the chase. They lost wickets at regular intervals and was bowled out for 123 runs with 2 balls to spare in the innings. Wallace Lachlan top scored for Australia while Salman and Tanzil took 2 wickets each for Bangladesh.
Brief Scores:
Bangladesh – 225/3 in 20 overs (Salman – 91 not out, Abid – 76) bt Australia 123/10 in 19.4 overs ( Wallace Lachlan – 20; Salman – 2/16, Tanzil – 2/19)
The World Cup will resume day after tomorrow (13.12.2022) after tomorrow’s rest day.
NEXT MATCHES
INDIA VS BANGLADESH – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha
SRI LANKA VS NEPAL – Altiore Sports Green Park, Huskur, Bengaluru
