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Australia, looking strong in the 44th match of the T20 World Cup 2024, defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs under the Duckworth Lewis rule in a rain-interrupted match. That is why the Australian team has won this match by 28 runs under this rule.
Earlier, the toss of this match was also delayed due to rain. When the toss took place, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first. After losing the toss, the Bangladesh team had to bat first. Batting first in this match, the Bangladesh team scored 140 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. For victory, the Australian team had a target of 141 runs.
When the Australian team came on the field to make this target of 141 runs, only 6.2 overs of Australia’s innings could be played, and then rain came again in the match. In this match, Travis Head was dismissed after scoring 31 runs. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh was also dismissed after scoring only 1 run in this match.
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T20 World Cup 2024: David Warner hits a half-century:
David Warner kept the pace of runs fast by standing at one end in the rain-interrupted match. David Warner completed his half-century in just 34 balls. But in this match, when Australia’s score had reached 100 runs, it started raining again. After this, the match could not start again. After this, the Australian team was declared the winner under the Duckworth-Lewis rule in this rain-interrupted match.
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The Australian team scored a total of 100 runs at the loss of two wickets in 11.2 overs. Earlier, Australia’s star all-rounder Pat Cummins broke the back of Bangladesh by taking his first hat-trick in this match of the T20 World Cup 2024. After losing the toss in this match, the Bangladesh team was invited to bat first. In this match, Bangladesh’s wickets started falling from the very first over.
Pat Cummins took the first hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2024:
In the T20 World Cup 2024 match, when there was a half-century partnership between Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Liton Das, it seemed that the Bangladesh team would put up a big score in this match. But then Maxwell and Adam Zampa took two wickets in quick succession and again put the Bangladesh team on the back foot.
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Bangladeshi batsman Towhid Hridoy did try to make a comeback by playing an innings of 40 runs in the end, but then Pat Cummins broke the back of Bangladesh with his sharp bowling. Pat Cummins took two consecutive wickets on the last two balls of his 18th over and then after that, he completed his hat-trick by taking the wicket of Tauheed on the first ball of the 20th over. In this match, the Bangladesh team scored 140 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs.