Bangladesh's Afif Hossain (R) and Nurul Hasan run between the wickets during their second Twenty20 international cricket match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday — AFP Bangladesh rode on an impressive show by the young guns to secure a second straight win against Australia in the five-match T20 series, report agencies.
The Tigers restricted the Aussies to 121 for seven after the visitors chose to bat.
Mustafizur Rahman picked up three and Shoriful Islam grabbed two in the 5-wicket victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Bangladesh's chase of a small target wobbled midway with Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah back in the hutch. But youngsters Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan rose to the occasion and get Bangladesh over the line with an unbeaten 56-run stand.
Chasing 122 for victory, Bangladesh depended on an unbroken 56-run sixth-wicket partnership between Afif (37) and Nurul (22) to achieve their target with eight balls to spare in Dhaka.
Shakib Al Hasan made 26 but Bangladesh were in trouble at 67-5 in the 12th over when Mahedi Hasan departed, stumped off Adam Zampa for 23.
Earlier pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets to restrict Australia to 121-7 despite 45 by Mitchell Marsh, who got the same score in his side's opening loss of the five-match series on Tuesday.
The third T20 is on Friday with all the matches to be played at the same venue.
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