T20 World Cup: Adam Zampa’s 5-wicket haul helps Australia maul Bangladesh by 8 wickets, keep in hunt for semis

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa returned career-best figures with a five-wicket haul to assist Australia thrashed Bangladesh by 8 wickets in a Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup right here on Thursday.

Zampa’s 5 for 19 helped Australia to bundle out Bangladesh for a paltry 73 in 15 overs.Chasing a modest complete, Australia reached the goal in 6.2 overs with 8 wickets within the shed. David Warner (18 off 14b; 3×4, 0x6) and Aaron Finch (40 off 20b; 2×4, 5×6) placed on 58 runs for the primary wicket in simply 5 overs. Mithcell Marsh (16 not out off 5b; 2×4, 1×6) completed the match with a thumping six over mid-wicket.For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed (1/36) and Shoriful Islam (1/9) took a wicket apiece.Earlier, the Bangladeshi innings fell like a home of playing cards as neither the batters may cope with the Australian pacers nor they negotiated the spinners effectively and had been all out in simply 15 overs after being requested to take first strike.Fast bowlers Mitchell Starc (2/21) and Josh Hazlewood (2/8) shared 4 wickets between them, whereas Glenn Maxwell (1/6) dismissed one batter.Already out of the semifinal race, Bangladesh couldn’t apply themselves even because the ball was coming properly on to the bat.Starc offered the primary wicket as Liton Das (0) dragged one again on to the stumps whereas Josh Hazlewood removed Soumya Sarkar (5), who additionally performed on to the stumps.Maxwell trapped Mushfiqur Rahim (1) whereas Zampa had Afif Hossain (0) caught within the slip area.Hazlewood received his second sufferer in opener Mohammad Naim (17), who was caught by Pat Cummins at sq. leg when the batter miscued a pull shot.Bangladesh had been struggling at 33 for 5 and wanted skipper Mamudullah and Shamim Hossain to restore the innings.Mahmudullah (16) discovered two boundaries off Starc whereas Shamim too took on the identical pacer for his first boundary.Shamim additionally lofted Zampa confidently for a six over deep sq. leg. He was stroking the ball fluently however couldn’t convert his good begin into a considerable knock.Zampa had the left-hander caught behind when he tried to play a lower shot and trapped Mahedi Hasan within the subsequent ball to be on a hat-trick. When he returned to bowl, wicket-keeper Matthew Wade dropped a catch to disclaim his colleague the hat-trick milestone.The skipper too departed quickly with Starc spelling his ouster by having him caught behind, leaving Bangladesh at 65 for eight.Bangladesh had been now in peril of not even finishing their 20-over quota and Zampa didn’t allow them to by scalping the remaining two batters.