Khawaja’s madien 58 steers Australia to win after a scare
World T20, 22nd Match, Super 10 Group 2: Australia v Bangladesh at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, Mar 21, 2016
Bangladesh 156/5 (20/20 ov) Shakib Al Hasan 33 off 25 balls, 3 fours . 1 six, Mahmudullah 49 not out off 29 balls, 7fours, 1 six, Mohammad Mithun 23 off 22 balls 1 four and 1 six, SR Watson 31/2, A Zampa 23/3
Australia 157/7 ( 18.3/20 ov) UT Khawaja 58 off 45, 7 fours, 1 six, GJ Maxwell 26 off15,2 fours, 2 sixes, SR Watson 21 off 15,2 fours , 1 six, Mustafizur Rahman 30/2, Shakib Al Hasan 27/3, Al-Amin Hossain 14/1
Australia won by 3 wickets with 9 balls remaining.
Australia won the toss and chose to field.
Bangladesh having lost their opening Super 10 matches against Pakistan, they have to win this game if they were to progress, but their fielding let them down with Al-Amin dropping a simple chance inside the circle. Australian Captain Steve Smith admits that Australia were not good enough in the middle over, wickets tumbling in clumps, as they did well with both bat and ball in the first 10 overs but slipped in the next 10. They managed to scrape through after a scare. They now meet Pakistan in their next clash at Mohali on Friday 25th March 2016. Adam Zampa has been named the Man of the Match for his 3/23.
Adam Zampa 3-23 took vital wickets of Mohammed Mithun(23), Shuvagata Horn (13) and Shakil Al Hasan (33) to leave Bangladesh reeling on 5-105. But unbeaten partnership of Mushfiqur Rahim (15) and Mahmuddllah (49) OFF 29 balls, ensured Bangladesh reached 156/5.
Usman Khawaja’s 58 off 45 balls gave Australia momentum for the chase of a mediocre total of 156 /5.