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Australia might have had a wobbly start to their campaign, but they now walk into the semis with seven successive wins. Be it individual brilliance of the Big Show, or the magical spinning web of Zampa, they found a way.
Pat Cummins | Australia skipper: It feels great,
Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh skipper:
Stat nuggets served by Shashikant Singh:
Worst bowling averages in a World Cup edition (min. 60 overs bowled): 129.5 - Daniel Vettori in 2003 WC 106.6 - Dion Nash in 1999 WC 79.6 - Mustafizur Rahman in 2023 WC* 69.3 - Rashid Khan in 2019 WC 63.6 - M Theekshana in 2023 WC
Most sixes for Australia in a World Cup innings: 10 - Glenn Maxwell vs AFG, Wankhede, 2023 9 - David Warner vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023 9 - Mitchell Marsh vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023 9 - Mitchell Marsh vs BAN, Pune, today*
Highest partnership for Australia vs Bangladesh in ODIs: 192 - U Khawaja & D Warner, Nottingham, 2019 175* - Mitchell Marsh & Steve Smith, Pune, today* 170 - Ricky Ponting & Shane Watson, Mirpur, 2011
Most runs conceded by a BAN bowler in a World Cup game: 86 - Abdur Razzak vs SL, Port of Spain, 2007 85 - Nasum Ahmed vs AUS, Pune, today* 83 - Rubel Hossain vs AUS, Nottingham, 2019 82 - Taskin Ahmed vs SL, Melbourne, 2015
Highest individual scores against Bangladesh in WCs: 177* - Mitchell Marsh, Pune, today* 175 - Virender Sehwag, Mirpur, 2011 174 - Quinton de Kock, Wankhede, 2023 166 - David Warner, Nottingham, 2019
Highest individual scores for Australia in WCs: 201* - Glenn Maxwell vs AFG, Mumbai WS, 2023 178 - David Warner vs AFG, Perth, 2015 177* - Mitchell Marsh vs BAN, Pune, today* 166 - David Warner vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019
Most runs by an Australian batsman in ODI WC: 1743 - Ricky Ponting (42 inns) 1491 - David Warner (27 inns) 1102 - Steven Smith (28 inns)* 1085 - Adam Gilchrist (31 inns) 1004 - Mark Waugh (22 inns)
Highest target successfully chased by Australia in WCs: 307 vs BAN, Pune, today* 292 vs AFG, Wankhede, 2023 287 vs NZ, Chennai, 1996 272 vs SA, Leeds, 1999
Highest target chased against Bangladesh in ODIs: 327 by Pakistan, Mirpur, 2014 307 by Australia, Pune, today* 306 by England, The Oval, 2017 304 by Zimbabwe, Harare, 2022
Mitchell Marsh | Player of the Match: It feels great, obviously to finish off the league games with another win was great for the boys. It was important for me to back myself at 3, knowing when Head comes back, I'll have to go down to 3. Have failed a few times, but have backed myself to perform. Sure my mum and dad would be watching back home and they would be happy with this, my grandpop (who passed away last week) was a great man and I'm sure he'd be happy out there. I think we're peaking well at the moment and looking forward to the semi-finals in Kolkata. It's rare that you'd win the Man of the Match award after going for nearly fifty from 4 overs, but I would want to contribute more to the team.
18:05 local, 12:35 GMT, 18:05 IST:
44.4
Mustafizur to Smith, FOUR, that's that. Game over. Australia win by 8 wickets
44.3
Mustafizur to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, to backward square leg
44.2
Mustafizur to Smith, 1 run, to long-off
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Mustafizur to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, to sweeper cover