Bangladesh vs Australia, 2nd T20I, Australia tour of Bangladesh, 2026 - CommentaryBAN vs AUS, 2nd T20I, Australia tour of Bangladesh, 2026 - Commentary

That wraps up our coverage of this exciting encounter as Australia shows great composure under pressure to outclass Bangladesh. With this thrilling victory, they secure a 2-0 lead and officially seal the series. See you next time!

Mitchell Marsh | Australia captain: It's been great. Obviously, really keen to win this series and to wrap it up after two games is really pleasing for our side. (Asked about last tour to Bangladesh) Yeah, I think it was 4-1 last time and the one win we had was very, very lucky. So, it's obviously nice to win, but one more game to go for us. Yeah, the wicket today was obviously a lot better, but, really happy for (Matt) Renshaw, especially that partnership with TD (Tim David) was fantastic. The way they sort of got us out of a reasonably tricky position and then, went through the gears and got us to a really competitive total. (Hardie) He was good. It's always nice when those ones come off, but I think all the bowlers, the way they sort of worked through their sequences and stayed calm under pressure, especially towards the back end. Nathan Ellis with the last two overs was really game changing for us and we're lucky to have guys like him with his experience in the group. So, yeah, wrapped for the team and it's nice to get a series win over here. (Will be nice to finish with a win?) Yeah, on a whole, it's, for the one day groups, it's been a reasonably tough tour. Coming to these places with a reasonably inexperienced side always provides you with different challenges, different experiences. So, yeah really keen to finish off with a win and everyone can go home.

Matt Renshaw | Player of the match: I think it was just understanding the way that I wanted to play and trust that and hopefully get the rewards today. Yeah, I think it's just one of those things with T20, we obviously got a good score. They came out pretty well and pretty hard, and sort of the way that we played made them be able to do what they did at the start. (Talk about the partnership?) Yeah, definitely. I think he's obviously got his strengths, I've got mine, sort of using the strengths at the same time and trying to just do that for as long as we could. (Was the total enough at halfway?) Yeah, obviously after the first game you think that and then they come out and score 65 in four overs. So it's a bit nervous after that, but it felt like with our innings, the longer we batted, the harder it got to hit the ball and hit the ball hard.

Towhid Hridoy | Bangladesh captain: Yep, we played really good cricket, but a couple of areas we need to improve. (What are the areas to improve?) We need to carry a little bit more for the team. (Lost two wickets in two overs) That's what we are talking about actually, whenever they get set, we need to dig a bigger innings here. (Good effort from you in the end) So far so good, but we have to chase this kind of match, otherwise we cannot. Yeah, we will work on it for the final game.

Following those quick breakthroughs, the Australian spinners completely turned the tide in the middle overs. Matt Renshaw, Joel, and Nathan Ellis bowled incredibly tight spells, drying up the runs and building massive pressure on the batting side. Bangladesh ultimately crumbled, struggling immensely to keep up with the required run-rate. The Australian bowlers officially choked the runs and sealed a thrilling 7-run victory and giving Australia a 2-0 series victory with one game to go. Stay tuned, as we bring you the post match presentations.

17:36 Local Time, 11:36 GMT, 17:06 IST: Bangladesh got off to a flier in their chase as openers smashed a rapid 48 runs in just 19 balls, setting up a thrilling contest. Even after Tanzid fell to a return catch by Matt Renshaw, Soumya kept the boundaries flowing, and a strong 53-run partnership between Emon and Saif kept Bangladesh firmly in control at the 10 over mark. However, just when the game seemed to be slipping away from Australia, they managed to fight their way back by taking crucial wickets in back-to-back overs to remove the set batters.

Aaron Hardie to Towhid Hridoy, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

12 needed off 2. Can Towhid Hridoy do it?

23 runs needed of 6 balls. Who will bowl for Australia? Hardie has the ball in his hand. Can he defend?