Zampa and Khawaja help scrappy Australia to victory
Flaws in Australia's World T20 campaign remained evident in a scrappy victory to effectively eliminate Bangladesh from the tournament in Bangalore
Flaws in Australia's World T20 campaign remained evident in a scrappy victory to effectively eliminate Bangladesh from the tournament in Bangalore
Australia's legspinner, Adam Zampa, claimed three for 23 - the fourth-best bowling figures by an Australia spinner in T20Is - to help his side narrowly beat Bangladesh by three wickets in their second match of the World T20 played in Bangalore on Monday.
Australia legspinner Adam Zampa said the first breakthrough helped him relax as he adjusted his game for Asian conditions
Stats highlights from the Super 10 match between Australia and Bangladesh in Bangalore
The left-arm quick, coming back from injury, caused problems for all the Australia batsmen he bowled at to add to his growing list of successes but on the day it was not enough for victory
Mashrafe Mortaza has said that his team needed to pick up wickets in the Powerplay overs of Australia's chase to have had a chance of defending 156 on a "flattish" pitch
Usman Khawaja's shot selection in the game's shortest format harkens back to the age of black and white. He is the side-parting and cowlick in a blond-tinged faux-hawk world
Super 10 Group 1 | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.359 |
ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.145 |
SA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.651 |
SL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.461 |
AFG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.715 |
Super 10 Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
NZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.9 |
IND | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -0.305 |
AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.233 |
PAK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.093 |
BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.805 |
First Round Group A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
BAN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.938 |
NED | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.154 |
OMA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1.521 |
IRE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.685 |
First Round Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AFG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.54 |
ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.567 |
SCOT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.132 |
HKG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.017 |