Bangladesh defeats Australia by 86 runs in ODI after 20-year gap

Bangladesh have recorded their first ODI series victory over Australia, winning the first two matches of a three-game series in Mirpur. In the opener, Bangladesh posted 284/8 — with half-centuries from Tanzid Hasan (54), Najmul Hossain Shanto (67), and an unbeaten 86 from returning Mosaddek Hossain — before restricting Australia to 191/9 in 42.2 overs when rain halted play, winning by 86 runs via DLS. Nahid Rana was the standout bowler with 4/41. In the second ODI, Australia suffered a historic collapse, losing three wickets for no runs inside two overs — only the fourth time in 4,975 men's ODIs — before Marnus Labuschagne (55 not out) and Xavier Bartlett (52) steadied the innings to 187/8 in 42 overs. Bangladesh chased a revised DLS target of 192 in 41 overs, recovering from the early loss of Tanzid Hasan to win by five wickets with six overs to spare, guided by Soumya Sarkar (42), Shanto (41), Tawhid Hridoy (40 not out), and captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz (22 not out), who continued batting after being struck on the helmet by Nathan Ellis. Australia, missing Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood, have now lost four consecutive ODIs following a 2-1 series defeat to Pakistan, while the Bangladesh series result carries World Cup 2027 qualification implications for England, Bangladesh, and West Indies in the ICC rankings.