Bangladesh Secures Historic ODI Series Win Over Australia | Sports-Games
Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman sparked Australia’s collapse as Bangladesh sealed the series after a 86-run win in game one.
- On Thursday, June 11, 2026, Bangladesh clinched their first-ever ODI series win over Australia with a five-wicket victory in Dhaka. The hosts secured an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
- Australia faced a calamitous start after choosing to bat, collapsing to 0-3 as Bangladesh pace bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman dismantled the top order. It marked only the fourth instance in ODI history a team lost three wickets without scoring.
- Marnus Labuschagne and Xavier Bartlett rescued the visitors with a 103-run seventh-wicket stand, lifting Australia to 187-8 before rain curtailed the innings. Labuschagne finished unbeaten on 55, while Bartlett contributed 52.
- Chasing a revised target of 192, Bangladesh wobbled at 144-5 before captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Towhid Hridoy steadied the chase. The pair shared an unbeaten 51-run stand, guiding the team home with 36 balls to spare.
- The third and final match will take place at the same Mirpur venue this Sunday. Australia remain winless in the series following a recent 2-1 loss to Pakistan earlier this month.
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Bangladesh Secures Historic ODI Series Win Over Australia | Sports-Games
Bangladesh defeated Australia with a five-wicket victory in Dhaka, clinching their first-ever ODI series win against the Australian team. The win came after Bangladesh's aggressive bowling dismissed Australia for 187, which they successfully chased down, leading their captain to seal the match with a triumphant six.
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প্রথম আলোBangladesh clinch first-ever ODI series win over Australia
Towhid Hridoy hit an unbeaten 40 as Bangladesh won the second one-day international by five wickets on Thursday to clinch their first-ever series win against Australia in the 50-over format.
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Bangladesh secures maiden ODI series win over Australia
Bangladesh has secured its maiden one-day international series win over Australia
The date of June 11, 2026, has been written in golden letters in the history of Bangladeshi cricket. At the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladeshi players achieved a feat that they have never achieved before in the history of cricket. Hosts Bangladesh defeated the six-time world champion Australian team in the second ODI and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. This is the first time in the history o…
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