Towhid Hridoy, Mosaddek Hossain, and Litton Das struck fifties, as Bangladesh posted 274-5 in 50 overs in the third and final ODI against Australia at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.
Hridoy missed out on his second ODI hundred by 17 runs when he was caught at deep midwicket off Ben Dwarshuis, who was one of the two changes made by Australia.
Litton and Mosaddek remained unbeaten on 58 off 78 and 56 off 51, respectively, as Bangladesh made a strong start to their hunt in clean sweeping Australia.
Hridoy added 92 and 93 runs with Litton Das and Mosaddek Hossain for the fourth and the fifth wicket, respectively, after Litton was retired hurt on 48 runs.
Litton, however, returned to the crease after the fifth wicket of Mahedi Hasan—who replaced captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz—fell with 1.4 overs remaining.
Opting to bat first on a sluggish Mirpur wicket, Bangladesh lost opener Soumya Sarkar early, who became the fourth opener in the series to fall in the first over of an innings.
Tanzid looked comfortable while the stand-in captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto—who scored four from his first 17—took his time, as their partnership of 49 runs tackled the early jolt.
However, Matt Renshaw struck twice, continuing his trend of taking wickets at crucial moments by dismissing both Tanzid and Shanto. Tanzid top-edged one before Shanto dragged one onto the stumps.
Hridoy and Litton then regained control before Litton left the pitch with the physio. While scoring his first 42 runs from 52 balls, Litton became cautious, managing only six runs from the next 21.
However, Hridoy and Mosaddek’s partnership kept the wheel running at a quick rate of 6.72 runs per over. Reaching his fifty in 62 balls, Hridoy struck eight fours while batting at 94.31.
Mosaddek needed 43 balls to score his second fifty of the series while hitting five fours and a six.
Xavier Bartlett and Renshaw each picked up two wickets for the visitors.
