Pat Cummins took a hat-trick, Australia defeated Bangladesh

The Australian team, captained by Mitchell Marsh, won its first Super-8 match by defeating Bangladesh 28 not out (DLS) in the 44th match of the T20 World Cup 2024. With this win, the Australian team has reached the first position in the points table of Group-1 and India has reached the second position. India and Australia have equal points, but Team Australia is in first place due to better net run rate. Bangladesh scored 140 runs in this match, chasing this score, the Kangaroos scored 100 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 11.2 overs, after which the game was stopped due to rain. The match could not be completed due to rain and Australia was declared the winner on DLS basis.

Pat Cummins took a hattrick

After winning the toss and bowling first, the Australian team managed to restrict Bangladesh to a score of 140. After taking two wickets on the last two balls of the 18th over, Pat Cummins completed his first hat-trick of the tournament by taking a wicket on the first ball of the 20th over. He has become the second Australian bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, Brett Lee had achieved this feat in 2007.

Australia won on the basis of DLS

Bangladesh reached this score thanks to captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto and Tauheed Hridoy, who played innings of 41 and 40 runs respectively. Australia, chasing the target of 141 runs, got a stormy start from the opening pair of Travis Head and David Warner (53*). Both added 65 runs for the first wicket. Head was out after scoring 31 runs, while Mitchell Marsh, who came to bat after this, also returned to the pavilion soon. By the time the game was stopped due to rain, David Warner had scored a half-century while Maxwell was supporting him by scoring 14 runs in 6 balls.