Australia win by eight wickets

Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, and Mustafizur Rahman.

David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa, and Josh Hazlewood

Australia captain Pat Cummins won toss and sent Bangladesh to bat first their last match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 at the MCA International Stadium, Pune on Saturday.

Bangladesh brought Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan and Nasum Ahmed in in the playing IX, with Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam and Shakib Al Hasan missing out.

Steady start for openers. Litton on 8 (17), Tanzid 5 (13)

Litton and Tanzid both scored a boundary each. Bangladesh 29-0 after 6 overs.

Tanzid nailed Hazlewood over mid-off.

Liton in exquisite touch. Second ball of the over: through cover, fifth ball between cover and point and the last ball through on side. All perfect timings. Bangladesh 48-0 after 8 overs

Over 8.1: Mitchell Marsh pitched the ball short. Tanzid came down the track with a leg up and smashed an aerial shot over mid-on for four. Reminding Lara! That brings 50 of Bangladesh.

Tanzid 28 (30), Litton 24(31)

10:2: Marsh pitches a fuller delivery and Litton plays an effortless cover drive. That was all timing from the heaven!

10:5: Tanzid plays a perfect baller's back drive that reached the boundary with one bounce. The next ball he pierced the offside field for another four. Bangladesh 75-0 after 11 overs.

11.2: Abbott pitched a short ball from over the wicket against the southpaw. The batter somehow lobbed the ball back to bowler for an easy catch. End of an entertaining opening stand. Tanzid out for 36(34). Bangladesh 76-1.

Litton 35(43) and Najmul 14(14)

15.1: Litton puts Head to long-on and takes a single. Bangladesh reach 100.

16.4: Zampa tossed the ball, Litton tries a big shot through leg but held at long-on by Labuschagne. Litton out for 36 off 45. Bangladesh 106-2.

20.1: A quicker delivery on the boot, Hridoy comes down the track and hit over the cow corner. Bangladesh 120-2 after 20.1 overs

21.2: Short of length ball, Najmul comes down the wicket and pulls over midwicket. Bangladesh 128-2.

Hridoy finishes the over with a four and a six. Bangladesh 161-2 after 25 overs.

26.3: A flighted delivery. Najmul comes down the wicket and plays a straight past the bowler

27.5: Moment of madness. Najmul attempted an impossible two and got out for 44. End of the 65-run stand. Bangladesh 170-3.

26.3: Abbott bowls a short ball and Mahmudullah dispatched through mid-on just beating the fielder Warner. Bangladesh 178-3

Hridoy 38 (39), Mahmudullah 8(6)

31.3: Length delivery just outside off and Mahmudullah hits through midwicket. Bangladesh 190-3

 third maximum for Mahmudullah. Clears his front leg, fetches this short ball from wide of off and tonks it for an 80-metre maximum over wide long-on

38.5: Full on the stumps. Driven to long-on for 2

Mahmudullah ends the productive over with a single. Bangladesh 201-3 after 32.2 overs

Hridoy 42 (45), Mahmudullah 25 (19)

34.4: Mahmudullah hits Cummins through fine leg. Bangladesh 211-3

35.4: Hridoy drops the ball at off and Mahmudullah tried a quick single. Direct throw from cover fielder Labuschagne. Mahmudullah 32(28). Bangladesh 214-4

38.2: Hridoy picks up a single against Stoinis to reach his first World Cup fifty

Hridoy 57 (64), Mushfiq 13 (14)

41.3: Slog from the right-hander. clears his front-leg and hoicks it over mid-wicket

41.5: Towhid picks a single

42.1: Zampa bowls a short one. Mushfiq tries to pull but held by Cummins at short mid wicket. Mushfiq out for 21 perhaps in his last innings. Bangladesh 251-5

42.3: Miraz takes a big strive and drive through cover

Miraz picks up two fours. Bangladesh 267-5 after 44 overs.

Another great return from the highest wicket taker of the tournament. Bangladesh 271-5 after 45 overs.

45.3: The ball would be called wide but Hridoy found an edge and it went past the keeper

Miraz strikes a four through long leg in the fifth ball as he pulled the short one. Bangladesh 283-5 after 46 overs.

46.3: Hridoy came down the wicket and Stoinis bowled a full toss. The batter could not time it properly and the ball went straight to the long on where Labuschagne holds an easy catch. Bangladesh 286-6

46.4: Nasum pushes the ball to short-midwicket. A direct through from Labuschagne out yield a run out

Nasum struggled to put bat on the slower deliveries of Abbott. Just one single after four dot balls.

48.5: Another slow bouncer from Stoinis. Miraz somehow pulls the ball through to fine leg for four. Bangladesh 302-6

49.1: Miraz tries to pull Abbott but failed to time. The ball lobbed to short cover where Cummins held the catch

49.3: Nasum tried to pull but the ball went to bowler with drops. He attempted a single but there was never a run. Bangladesh 304-8 with three balls to go

A hurried single to finish the innings. The best batting display for Bangladesh in the tournament.

Marsh 56 (46) and Warner 40 (45)

18.6: Warner hits Nasum for four to reach his 33rd fifty. Australia 122-1 after 19 overs

Marsh 62 (54), Warner 52 (55)

21.3: Warner missed the angular delivery of Taskin. Bangladesh went for a review. Replay showed the ball pitched outside leg stump.

22.1: Mustafizur produces a late dip and the batter was through with the drive early, chipped it in the air and holed out to mid-on by Najmul. Australia 132-2.

Marsh 83 (72) and Smith 4 (6)

30.3: Marsh pushes Nasum for a single and reaches three figure off 87 balls. Australia187-2

Marsh 116 (95) and Smith 30 (31)

Marsh forms second hundred stand in the innings.

38.3: Marsh hits yet another four to take the score past 250. Australia 253-2

Australia 264-2 after 40 overs

Smith finishes off the match with a four