Warner’s Fifty, Cummins’ Hat-Trick Help Australia To 28-Run Win

AUS vs BAN T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Match Highlights: Australia (AUS) beat Bangladesh (BAN) by 28 runs (DLS Method) in their first Super 8 fixture of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on June 21 (as per Indian Standard Time) at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound in Antigua. With this win they registered the first two points in the Super 8 Group 1, which comprises India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh as other teams. Australia also surpass India to go atop the Group 1 points table as they now have the Net Run Rate (NRR) of +2.471 compared to India’s +2.350.

That match was highlighted by Pat Cummins’ hat-trick that he claimed during the later stage of the first innings of the AUS vs BAN T20 World Cup 2024 match. He dismissed Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan and Towhid Hridoy to restrict Bangladesh to just 140-8 in 20 overs on a batting-friendly surface. This also marked the first hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2024, and only the second by an Australian in the history of T20 World Cup.

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Watch Pat Cummins’ Hat-Trick:

𝐇𝐚𝐭-𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤!🎩#PatCummins becomes only the second Australian after Brett Lee to claim a hattrick in T20 World Cup.

The Australian star has light up Super Contest of the 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝟖 with three key wickets. 🤩#AUSvBAN | LIVE NOW |… pic.twitter.com/JD1JlSHgwP

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 21, 2024

All-Round Australia Swat Away Below-Par Bangladesh In Super 8 Match

Australia won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat first. Bangladesh were shaken early on by  a phenomenal Mitchell Starc delivery that rattled opener Tanzid Hasan’s stumps. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Towhid Hridoy managed to take Bangladesh’s total to 140.

In reply, Australian openers David Warner and Travis Head came out with all guns blazing and made sure Bangladesh bowlers had no way to pull their team back into the AUS vs BAN match. The match was interrupted by rain for a while but the weather calmed after a brief halt in the play. Bangladesh’s Rishad Hossain took two quick wickets sending Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh back in the hut but David Warner’s fifty and Glenn Maxwell’s quickfire 14 runs knock ensured that Australia were 93-2 after 11 overs when the rain interrupted one more time, well ahead of 72-2, which was the total that Australia had to be at in order to win. The rain ultimately had the final say as Australia won the match by 28 runs by virtue of the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method (DLS).