CARDIFF – Australia brushed aside Bangladesh by 48 runs in a latest encounter of ICC World Cup in Cardiff on Thursday.
Australia’s Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bat first against Bangladesh and set a target of 381 runs for a loss of 5 wickets.
David Warner scored 166 runs off 147 balls with 5 sixes and 14 fours to his name; Usman Khawaja contributed 89 to the total.
On the other hand, Soumya Sarkar took three wickets.
In response, Bangladesh got bowled out on 333 runs in 50 overs; Mushfiqur Rahim scored 102 runs while Mahmudullah scored 69 runs.
Mitchell Starc, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Marcus Stoinis each sent two batsmen to the pavilion.
The top four teams from the 10-team round-robin phase qualify for the semi-finals.
Playing XIs:
Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Liton Das, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
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