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The first match of the 2-Test series between Australia and Bangladesh is going on in Darwin. Today (14 August) is the second day of the competition. Bangladesh took the lead after bowling out Australia for 198 runs. With this the Bangladeshi team has created history. She has been successful in taking the lead in Test cricket for the first time on Australian soil.

Tanjid Hasan gave Bangladesh the lead by hitting a four in the fourth over after lunch. He is playing on 88 runs and is just 12 runs away from his first Test century. Captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto is standing with him at the crease. Shanto has scored 33 runs. There has been a partnership of 62 runs between the two. The Australian team is craving for wickets. His only success of the day came from Mitchell Starc, who dismissed Mominul Haq (49).

Bangladesh is playing test in Australia after 23 years

Bangladesh played its first Test in Australia 23 years ago in Darwin. In that match, Bangladeshi team had to face a crushing defeat by an innings and 132 runs. Bangladesh was all out for only 97 and 178 runs against the team captained by Steve Waugh. On this tour, Bangladesh played the second Test in Cairns. Here too he lost by an innings and 98 runs.

Bangladesh had scored 295 runs in the first innings of the Cairns Test but in response Australia scored 556 runs and took a big lead. After this, the Kangaroos made a clean sweep of the Bangladeshi team by scoring 163 in the second innings. Bangladesh did not make a Test tour of Australia for a long time after this. Only now after 2003 has he got a chance to play Test in Australia, in which he has dominated.