Australia defeated Bangladesh by 7 runs in the second T20 and won the T20 series against Bangladesh for the first time in history. However, Bangladesh could have won this do-or-die match as they had a great start while chasing the target of 197. 72 runs were scored in the powerplay and only 1 wicket fell. The score in 12 overs was 122, 75 runs were needed in 48 balls to win and 8 wickets were in hand. At one time Bangladesh’s victory probability was 34 percent. But in this thrilling match which lasted till the last over, Australia won and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Batting first, Australia scored 196 runs. Bangladesh’s openers Tanjid Hasan and Saif Hasan had made a bright start, both of them made a partnership of 48 runs in 22 balls for the first wicket. Matt Renshaw took the first wicket as Tanjid, after this Soumya Sarkar became the victim of Adam Zampa after scoring 15 runs.

There was a partnership of 57 runs for the third wicket between Parvez Hussain Amon and Saif, after which it seemed that Bangladesh would win the match. This pair was broken by Aaron Hardy, he dismissed Eamon (36).

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Tauheed Hirdoy’s struggle, but could not bring victory

After this, Saif Hasan was also out in the next over (13.2 overs), he was dismissed by Joel Davis. Saif scored 42 runs in 33 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours. In the end, captain Tauheed Hirdoy struggled and scored 35 runs in 22 balls, but it was not enough to win. Bangladesh had to score 23 runs in the last over to win, Aaron Hardy took one wicket in the form of Hridoy in this over and gave 15 runs. Australia won the match by 7 runs.

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Matt fibers got POTM

Australia batted first and scored 196 runs, in which Matt Reson played a brilliant inning of 89 runs. He remained unbeaten. He hit 5 sixes and 4 fours in this innings played in 52 balls. Apart from this, he also took important wickets in bowling and gave only 13 runs in 2 overs. Apart from this, Tim David also played a brilliant inning of 45 runs in 26 balls, in which he hit 4 sixes and 2 fours.

Bangladesh has taken a 2-0 lead in the 3-match series by defeating Australia in the second consecutive ODI. Bangladesh has won the ODI series against Australia for the first time. In the match played on Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first.

Australia did not have a good start. The team had lost 3 wickets without any score. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne 55 not out and Xavier Bartlett 52 were struggling after losing 4 wickets for 25 runs. When Australia was at 187 for the loss of 8 wickets in 42 overs, rain interrupted the match. The match was disrupted for a long time due to rain. The Australian innings could not be restarted.

After this the umpires announced the end of the Australian innings and gave Bangladesh a revised target of 192 runs in 41 overs under the DLS rule.

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Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman took 3-3 wickets for Bangladesh. Tanveer Islam took 2 wickets. Bangladesh won the match by 5 wickets by scoring 195 runs for 5 wickets in 35 overs. Bangladesh also did not have a good start and Tanjid Hasan was out without opening the account. For the second wicket, Soumya Sarkar (47) and Nazmul Hasan Shanto (41) laid a strong foundation towards the team’s target by making a partnership of 86 runs. However, both the wickets fell continuously and the team’s score became 3 wickets for 98 runs. After this, captain Liton Das scored 21 runs, Tauhid Hriday scored 40 not out, M. Hossain scored 15 runs, and captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj scored 22 unbeaten runs to lead the team to victory.

Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was chosen as the player of the match. Rahman took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 7 overs.

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Australia has made changes to the squad for the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh, they have included leg-spinning all-rounder Nikhil Chaudhary as a replacement for Travis Head. Nikhil has been selected in the national team for the first time. The special thing is that he still does not have permanent citizenship of Australia, he had gone there in 2020 and got stuck there after the Covid outbreak and then started living there. He was born in Delhi, the capital of India.

Nikhil Chaudhary was born on 4 May 1996 in Delhi. He has played for Punjab in domestic. Between 2017-19, he played 14 matches for Punjab. He has played 12 matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and 2 matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy. When he went to Australia in 2020, he got stuck there.

Nikhil Chaudhary’s fate took him to Australia. He went to Australia to meet his uncle in 2020. His uncle lives in Queensland, when Nikhil went there, Australia closed its international borders due to the Corona epidemic. Chaudhary had to stay there, he currently has a temporary visa, which is valid till 2027.

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How did you get a place in the national team if you did not have citizenship?

Nikhil Chaudhary does not yet have permanent residency or citizenship of Australia. But under ICC rules, he is eligible to play for the national team for Australia because he has been living there for more than 5 years, regardless of whether he is a citizen of that country or not.

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Playing for Hobart Hurricanes, Nikhil Chaudhary scored 307 runs in 11 innings in the Big Bash League 2025-26, although he could not do much in bowling. He bowled in 4 matches, in which he could not take any wicket.

After the ODI series on Bangladesh tour, Australia will play a 3-match T20 series. The first match will be played on 17 June, the second on 19 June and the third on 21 June. All three matches will start at 1:30 pm Indian time.