Australia posted a big total of 381 runs losing five wickets in their stipulated 50 overs after electing to bat first against Bangladesh in their World Cup group stage game.
It was a batting pitch at Trent Bridge and Australia openers Aaron Finch and David Warner formed a solid partnership to lay the foundation for a huge score.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza used all his front-line bowlers to break the opening stand, including himself, but was unable to take the desired breakthrough.
Mashrafe brought Soumya Sarkar, who is a part-time medium-pacer, in the 21st over and Soumya did the job for the team.
Soumya took the wicket of in-form Australia skipper Finch, who was looking dangerous, having scored 53 off 50 deliveries.
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It was a length ball from Soumya in the fifth delivery and Finch was eventually caught in the short third-man region by Rubel Hossain.
Surprisingly, Soumya was the best Bangladesh bowler on the day and he took two more wickets in the slog overs.
Centurion Warner (166) and Usman Khawaja (89) lost their wickets against the gentle medium pace of Soumya.
Soumya finished the day with bowling figure of 3/58 in his 8 overs, which is his career-best in ODIs.
MATCH 26
AUSTRALIA INNINGS R B
Warner c Rubel b Soumya 166 147
Finch c Rubel b Soumya 53 51
Khawaja c Mushfiq b Soumya 89 72
Maxwell run out (Rubel) 32 10
Stoinis not out 17 11
Smith lbw b Mustafizur 1 2
Carey not out 11 8
Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 1, w 5) 12
Total (50 Overs) 381/5
Fall Of Wickets
1-121 (Finch), 2-313 (Warner), 3-352 (Maxwell), 4-353 (Khawaja), 5-354 (Smith)
Bowling
Mashrafe 8-0-56-0, Mustafizur 9-0-69-1, Shakib 6-0-50-0, Rubel 9-0-83-0, Miraz 10-0-59-0, Soumya 8-0-58-3
BANGLADESH INNINGS R B
Tamim b Starc 62 74
Soumya run out (Finch) 10 8
Shakib c Warner b Stoinis 41 41
Mushfiq not out 102 97
Liton b Zampa 20 17
Mahmudullah c Cummins b Coulter-Nile 69 50
Sabbir b Coulter-Nile 0 1
Miraz c Warner b Starc 6 7
Mashrafe c Maxwell b Stoinis 6 5
Extras (b4, lb4, w9) 17
Total (50 overs) 333/8
Fall Of Wickets
1-23 (Soumya), 2-102 (Shakib), 3-144 (Tamim), 4-175 (Liton), 5-302 (Mahmudullah), 6-302 (Sabbir), 7-323 (Miraz), 8-333 (Mashrafe)
Bowling
Starc 10-0-55-2; Cummins 10-1-65-0 (3w); Maxwell 3-0-25-0; Coulter-Nile 10-0-58-2 (1w); Stoinis 8-0-54-2; Zampa 9-0-68-1 (1w)
Australia won by 48 runs
MoM: David Warner
