Dhaka: Afif Hussain And Nurul Hassan | Bangladesh gave a 2-0 lead over Australia in the Twenty20 series with a five-wicket win on Wednesday.
Chasing 122 for victory, Bangladesh relied on an unbroken 56-run partnership between Afif, who scored 37 and Nurul, who scored 22, to chase down their target in Dhaka with eight balls to spare.
Shakib Al Hasan 26 but Bangladesh were in trouble at 67-5 in the 12th over when Mahedi Hasan departed, stumped Adam Zampa for 23.
fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman It took three wickets to restrict Australia to 121-7 despite 45 by Mitchell Marsh, who achieved the same score in the opening defeat of the five-match series on Tuesday.
Bangladesh, who registered their maiden T20 win over Australia in the previous match, have won two consecutive matches against their opponents for the first time.
Fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc struck early to dismiss opener Soumya Sarkar for zero and Mohammad Nayeem for nine respectively.
Shakib Al Hasan brought back the hosts with his innings of 17 balls and a 37-run partnership for the third wicket with Mahdi.
But the 21-year-old Afif showed maturity with wicketkeeper-batsman Hasan to thwart the opposition bowling and take the team home.
Earlier, Sailani, who lost the opener after being dismissed for 108 while chasing 131, slipped from 99-3 to 106-7 after the wicket of Marsh.
Marsh added 57 runs for the third wicket with Moises Henriques, who scored 30 runs after the departure of two openers.
Marsh was caught behind pacer Shorful Islam before Mustafizur sent captain Matthew Wade for four and Agar for zero off two consecutive deliveries.
The third T20 is on Friday, in which all matches are to be played at this ground.
Chasing 122 for victory, Bangladesh relied on an unbroken 56-run partnership between Afif, who scored 37 and Nurul, who scored 22, to chase down their target in Dhaka with eight balls to spare.
Shakib Al Hasan 26 but Bangladesh were in trouble at 67-5 in the 12th over when Mahedi Hasan departed, stumped Adam Zampa for 23.
fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman It took three wickets to restrict Australia to 121-7 despite 45 by Mitchell Marsh, who achieved the same score in the opening defeat of the five-match series on Tuesday.
Bangladesh, who registered their maiden T20 win over Australia in the previous match, have won two consecutive matches against their opponents for the first time.
Fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc struck early to dismiss opener Soumya Sarkar for zero and Mohammad Nayeem for nine respectively.
Shakib Al Hasan brought back the hosts with his innings of 17 balls and a 37-run partnership for the third wicket with Mahdi.
But the 21-year-old Afif showed maturity with wicketkeeper-batsman Hasan to thwart the opposition bowling and take the team home.
Earlier, Sailani, who lost the opener after being dismissed for 108 while chasing 131, slipped from 99-3 to 106-7 after the wicket of Marsh.
Marsh added 57 runs for the third wicket with Moises Henriques, who scored 30 runs after the departure of two openers.
Marsh was caught behind pacer Shorful Islam before Mustafizur sent captain Matthew Wade for four and Agar for zero off two consecutive deliveries.
The third T20 is on Friday, in which all matches are to be played at this ground.
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