bangladesh And Australia Another exciting match was witnessed in the third and final ODI at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. While the visitors ultimately escaped with a dramatic victory by one wicket, a standout moment of the match came behind the stumps when the substitute wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan Took a sensational catch to send back marnus labuschagne.
Chasing a competitive target of 275, Australia came under pressure after losing regular wickets. Bangladesh’s bowlers kept asking questions throughout the innings and the hosts were rewarded with several crucial successes as they looked to clean sweep the series.
Shoriful Islam is leading Bangladesh’s bowling effort
Bangladesh’s fast bowling leader noisy islam Once again performed brilliantly with the ball. The left-arm fast bowler constantly troubled the Australian batsmen with his movement and variety and took wickets at crucial moments of the chase.
after dismissal josh inglis And matt renshaw At the beginning of the innings, Shorifull again broke an important partnership between the two by hitting a four in the 24th over. cooper connolly And Labuschagne. At the time of dismissal, Australia’s score was 134/4 and they still needed a lot of runs to overtake Bangladesh’s score. The wicket helped Bangladesh regain momentum after Connolly and Labuschagne made a valuable stand, with the game threatening to go away from the hosts.
Nurul Hasan’s brilliant diving catch dismissed Marnus Labuschagne
One of the highlights of the match came on the last ball of the 24th over. Shorifull bowled a back-of-a-length delivery outside the off stump, leaving Labuschagne tempted to play the ball. The Australian batsman tried hard on the delivery and managed only a light outside edge. Substitute wicketkeeper Nurul reacted immediately by diving sharply to his right. Extending his right glove, he completed a spectacular catch before tucking the ball safely to his chest as it landed on the turf.
A superb piece of wicket-keeping ended Labuschagne’s solid innings of 29 runs from 45 balls and led to huge celebrations among the Bangladesh players. The dismissal also revealed Nurul’s excellent reflexes and awareness despite entering the game as a substitute Liton Das.
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Terrible attacks again! Marnus Labuschagne caught out and Bangladesh gets another success! pic.twitter.com/gbpETTO4Gx
– Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) 14 June 2026
Cooper Connolly’s courageous century leads Australia to dramatic win
Although Bangladesh continued to fight hard throughout the chase, Connolly produced one of the finest ODI innings of his young career. The left-handed batsman brilliantly led Australia’s chase with a brilliant inning of 149 runs off 134 balls, which included 13 fours and six sixes. The visitors looked to be on their way to victory before suffering a dramatic collapse at the end of the innings. Shorifull’s six wickets brought Bangladesh back into the contest as Australia lost wickets in clusters during the final overs.
However, Australia managed to maintain their composure in a tense finale. Eventually after Connolly departed in the final over, adam zampa Achieved a thrilling victory by hitting the winning four with one wicket remaining. While Australia avoided a series wipeout, Bangladesh took the three-match ODI series 2–1 after winning the opening two matches.
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