0 runs, 3 wickets (Photo: Getty Images)
Bangladesh vs Australia: The second ODI between Bangladesh and Australia is being played at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. In this match, host Bangladesh made Australia’s situation such that history was made. The decision to bat first after winning the toss became a bone of contention for Australia itself. Whichever batsman of his top order came, he seemed yearning to score a run. The result was that Australia had 3 wickets for 0 runs on the score board. This was the first incident of its kind to happen to the Australian team in ODI cricket.
Surrender of top order in front of Mustafizur Rahman
Bangladesh had already created history in the first ODI, where it registered its second victory over Australia on the basis of Nahid Rana’s brilliant spell. After that, Australia must have tried to counterattack in the second ODI. In this endeavor, he might have also prepared to deal with Nahid Rana. But, in the second ODI, it was not Nahid Rana who asked questions to the Australian batsmen but Mustafizur Rahman. Australia’s top order was seen getting trapped and entangled in the balls of Mustafizur Rahman.
2 overs, 0 runs…top order game over
The wickets of Australia’s top 3 batsmen fell in the first 2 overs of their innings. That too without scoring any runs on the score board. Australia’s first wicket fell in the form of Matthew Short, the second wicket fell in the form of Cooper Connolly and the third wicket fell in the form of Matt Renshaw. Mustafizur Rahman took the wickets of two of these three batsmen who scored 0,0,0. While one was played by Taskin Ahmed.
This happened for the first time with Australia in ODI
Actually, this is the fourth incident in men’s ODI cricket when the top 3 wickets of a team have fallen for 0 runs. But this is the first time this has happened with Australia in ODI cricket. For the first time, he has lost his top 3 wickets for 0 runs in ODI.
