Watch: Fans invade ground as Bangladesh humble Australia in opening game of Women’s U19 20-20 World Cup 2023
Bangladesh Cricket Team (Image Credit: Twitter)
The ongoing inaugural edition of the U19 Women’s 20-20 World Cup 2023 witnessed an upset. The first game of the tournament was played between Australia and Bangladesh. The Kangaroos were expected to win the game. However, the Asian side pulled off an upset to bring life to the tournament. They beat the reigning champions by seven wickets and two overs to spare.
After the unbelievable win, the Bangladesh Tigresses celebrated inside the playing field as they couldn’t believe what they achieve. After a while, some of the fans also joined the team inside the playing field, just outside the boundary line. The video of the incident is going viral on the internet.
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Upset! Upset! Upset
Bangladesh beat Australia in their ICC U19 T20 WC opening game!!!#U19T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/eVeImdqiqZ
— FanCode (@FanCode) January 14, 2023
Meanwhile, talking about the game, the Aussies won the toss and elected to bat first. However, their decision proved wrong as they lost two wickets for 22 runs. At this stage, Claire Moore and Ella Hayward stitched a partnership of 76 runs for the third wicket. Notably, the partnership was made using 79 balls that didn’t help the team’s cause. After their wickets fell, the team got into further trouble.
In the end, the unbeaten partnership of 28 runs in 12 balls between Amy Smith and skipper Rhys McKenna helped the team reach 130/5. As it turned out, the Rhys McKenna-led side didn’t put up enough runs. The Green Brigade lost the wicket of Misty Sasha on the first ball of the innings. However, the likes of Afia Prottasha and Dilara Aktar stitched a partnership of 66 runs and laid a good platform. After the duo fell, the likes of Shorna Aktar and Sumaiya Aktar took the team over the winning line. Bothe put up a partnership of 61 runs for the fourth wicket.
