ICC T20: AUS vs BAN - Australia made hard work of it- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Australia made hard work of its three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 match on Monday night. After Bangladesh lost the toss and scored 156-5 at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Australia reached 157-7 in 18.3 overs for its first win in Group 2.

In This Pic : Team Australia

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Openers Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson made a confident start with 62 in 7.2 overs for the first wicket. But from 95-1, the Australians began losing wickets at regular intervals _ Shakib Al Hasan doing the bulk of the damage with 3-27 and Mustafizur Rahman picking up 2-30.

In This Pic : Usman Khawaja, Shane Watson

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Khawaja seemed like he could do nothing wrong during his 58 from 45 balls that was laced with seven fours and a six. In contrast, once the opening pair had departed at 115-3, Smith (14), David Warner (17), Mitchell Marsh (6) and John Hastings (3) failed to get going.

In This Pic : Usman Khawaja

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But for Glenn Maxwell, who scored a 15-ball 26 with the help of two fours and a pair of sixes, the result could easily have been different.

In This Pic : Glenn Maxwell

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The introduction of Adam Zampa's spin tilted the game in Australia's favor as he claimed three wickets, the batsmen unable to read his leg breaks. Zampa, who took 3-23, said it was ``nice to make some difference.''

In This Pic : Adam Zampa

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