The Australian platoon has made a great launch in the T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating Bangladesh by 28 runs in the first match of Super 8 under the Duckworth- Lewis rule. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and tagged to coliseum first, confining Bangladesh to 140 in 20 overs.
Chasing the target, rain intruded the Australian platoon's innings several times during the chase, but by the time the match was fully washed out due to rain, they had scored 100 runs in 11.2 overs, which meant they were several runs ahead according to the DLS rule, which Australia won the match.
Talking about the performance of the Australian platoon in this match against Bangladesh, a brilliant performance was seen in the bowling of Pat Cummins, who took 3 lattices for 29 runs in his 4- over spell, in which he achieved the feat of taking a chapeau- trick. piecemeal from Cummins, Adam Zampa took 2 lattices, while Starc, Stoinis and Maxwell took 1 gate each.
Chasing a target of 140 runs set by Bangladesh, Australian nature David Warner came out all ordnance blazing to take his side over the line under DLS system. Warner remained unbeaten on 53 out 35 balls with 3 sixes and 5 fours. With this palm, Australia has maintained its winning band since February 2, in which it has won 8 T20 matches so far.
Still, also all the brigades have now played one match each, If we look at the points table of the first group in the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 22024. Australia are at the top of the points table with 2 points. While they've a net run rate of 2.471, the Indian platoon has also gained 2 important points by defeating Afghanistan in their first match and is presently in alternate place. India's net run rate is 2.350. Bangladesh are third in the group, while Afghanistan are fourth.