Australia vs Bangladesh: Bangladesh Clinch Historic 9-Wicket Victory in Darwin Test
Australia vs Bangladesh 1st Test, AUS vs BAN: Bangladesh, touring Australia after 23 years, created history. The visiting team won the Darwin Test by 9 wickets, marking the first time in Test cricket history that Bangladesh has defeated Australia at home.
Bangladesh scripted history by defeating Australia by 9 wickets in the opening Test match held at the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin. Bangladesh registered this historic victory and earned themselves a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. This comes as a huge setback for Australia as they know that they cannot afford to lose this series anymore.
It is the first time that Bangladesh have beaten Australia and this feat will go down in history forever. The target set by Australia for Bangladesh was just 57 runs in the Darwin Test. Bangladesh secured the famous 9-wicket win by scoring 57 runs at the cost of 1 wicket in 14.2 overs. Shadman Islam made an unbeaten score of 25 and Mominul Haque scored 30 runs. Tanjid Hasan, who scored a hundred in the first innings, got out without scoring any runs.
In the second innings of Australia, they got bowled out for 284 runs. No other Australian batsman could withstand the Bangladeshi bowlers except for Cameron Green. Green fought alone.