Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan returned a outstanding determine of 4-9 as Bangladesh held Australia to its lowest Twenty20 cricket rating in successful the ultimate sport of their sequence by 60 runs on Monday.
Shakib turned the second bowler to take 100 T20 wickets, after Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, as Bangladesh defended 112-8 by bowling Australia out for 62 in 13.4 overs.Pacer Mohammad Saifuddin ended with 3-12 to play a key function in triggering Australia’s collapse as Bangladesh received the sequence 4-1.“Thanks to my teammates, this achievement wouldn’t have been possible without their help,” Shakib mentioned.First man to assert 100 wickets and rating 1000 runs in T20IsShakib Al Hasan #BANvAUS pic.twitter.com/mRYo4DxfIZ— ICC (@ICC) August 9, 2021
“Obviously the wicket was tough, but we held our nerve well. All in all a team effort. If you look at the last match, we scored 104-105 and the game still went to the last over. So we knew if we score 120-130 we’ll always be in the game.”Only two Australian batsmen reached double figures with captain Matthew Wade scoring 22 and Ben McDermott making 17.Shakib bought the primary of his 4 wickets, baffling Wade with faster deliveries after left-arm spinner Ansum Ahmed dismissed opener Dan Christian (3) and Mitchell Marsh (4).Shakib then bought the higher of Ashton Turner for his a centesimal wicket. In between Saifuddin, one of many two modifications by Bangladesh, ripped by way of the Australian center order.Shakib then ensured Australia would fail to achieve its earlier low of 79 towards England at Southampton in 2005.“I’ve played for a few years now, certainly the toughest conditions to play T20 cricket in,” Matthew Wade mentioned.“There’s no excuses of not playing enough cricket. We had enough cricket in the West Indies to come and play good cricket, we just didn’t. Credit to Bangladesh, they did well. We really had to scrounge, their batsmen found a way to get there (to 110-120 totals).”Bangladesh batsmen additionally weren’t snug on this extraordinarily sluggish observe after their captain Mahmudullah determined to bat first. Opener Mohammad Naim top-scored for the facet with 23 and Mahmudullah made 19. Mahedi Hasan opened with Naim as an alternative of out-of-form Soumya Sarkar as Bangladesh bought an excellent begin.The pair added 42 runs in 4.3 overs earlier than offspinner Turner eliminated Mahedi for 13. Australian pacers then stalled Bangladesh’s progress, various their tempo.Dan Christian had Naim caught by Agar with a slower supply to additional worsen Bangladesh. Shakib struggled to make 11 off 20 however Afif Hossain confirmed some intent, launching Christian for a six within the first ball he confronted.However Christian clawed again with the wicket for Soumya Sarkar for 16.Pacer Nathan Ellis, who claimed a hat trick on his debut, curbed Bangladesh batsmen’s aggression within the demise overs however Shakib denied the Australians a second victory.