Australia’s spinners take 9 wickets for first time in T20Is:Aussies beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the first T20I, lead series 1-0

Australia defeated Bangladesh by four wickets in the first T20 match played in Chattogram on 17 June. After losing the toss and batting first, the Bangladesh team could not stand against the Australian spinners and was bowled out for 132 runs. In reply, Australia achieved the target in 17.2 overs by losing 6 wickets, thanks to Cooper Connolly’s innings of 47 runs and Tim David’s quick batting. Australian spinners made history This was the first time in the history of T20 International cricket that Australian spin bowlers collectively took 9 wickets in a single innings. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa took three wickets, while left-arm spinner Joel Davies, making his international debut, also had a brilliant start by taking three wickets. This is also the first time that spinners have taken 9 wickets in an innings of a T20 match played in Bangladesh. Zampa completed 150 T20I wickets Adam Zampa became the first Australian bowler to take 150 wickets in T20 Internationals. He was chosen as Player of the Match for his excellent performance. With this, he became only the fifth leg-spinner in the world to achieve 150 or more wickets in T20Is. Before him, Rashid Khan, Ish Sodhi, Adil Rashid, and Wanindu Hasaranga had achieved this feat. Bangladesh’s strong start in powerplay Bangladesh openers Saif Hassan and Tanzid Hassan batted aggressively at the start. Both played some attractive shots against Spencer Johnson and Xavier Bartlett. However, Johnson delivered the first blow by having Tanzid caught by Bartlett. After this, Saif Hassan also gave a catch to Mitchell Marsh off Matt Renshaw’s bowling. Acting captain Towhid Hridoy and Soumya Sarkar, who returned to the team after 18 months, steadied the innings. Bangladesh scored 52 runs for 2 wickets in the 6 overs of the powerplay, which is their highest powerplay score against Australia. Joel Davies and Nikhil Chaudhary took wickets in the middle order In the seventh over, Adam Zampa bowled Towhid Hridoy with his googly, curbing Bangladesh’s scoring rate. In the next over, Soumya Sarkar also gave a catch to debutant Nikhil Chaudhary. After this, Joel Davies claimed his first wicket on the second ball of his international career, getting Parvez Hossain Emon caught by Cooper Connolly. Matt Renshaw had Shamim Hossain caught by the wicketkeeper, while Davies also sent debutant Abdul Gaffar Saklain back to the pavilion. Nikhil Chaudhary also contributed with the ball, dismissing Rishad Hossain for 3 runs. In the lower order, Mahedi Hasan scored an unbeaten 29 runs, but due to continuous fall of wickets from the other end, the entire Bangladesh team was bowled out for 132 runs. Connolly took charge of the innings, hit three consecutive fours in Shoriful’s over The Australian team, chasing a target of 133 runs, did not get off to a good start. Shoriful Islam, who took 6 wickets in the previous ODI match, bowled Josh Inglis for 5 runs. Cooper Connolly, who then came to the crease, reduced the pressure by hitting fours off three consecutive balls from Shoriful in the same over. Captain Mitchell Marsh was out for 14 runs off 13 balls to Mustafizur Rahman, and Australia suffered early setbacks. Tim David’s 98-meter long six, Australia easily achieved the target After Marsh was out, Tim David made his intentions clear by hitting a 98-meter long six off Mahedi Hasan’s ball. On the other hand, Connolly continued his excellent batting and played many attractive shots against Saklain and Rishad Hossain. Connolly scored 47 runs in 27 balls, which is his highest score in T20I career. His innings included seven fours and three sixes. He was dismissed by Saqlain. Tim David scored 20 runs off 16 balls. In the end, debutant Nikhil Chaudhary contributed 18 runs and Matt Renshaw also contributed 18 runs. When only 3 runs were needed for victory, Renshaw got out, but Xavier Bartlett hit a four on the very next ball to give Australia the win with 10 balls remaining.