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Tezzbuzz Desk – In the second Test match being played between Australia and Bangladesh, the host team has given a strong reply to the defeat of the first Test. On the first day of the match at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay, Australian bowlers broke the back of Bangladesh's batting. The entire Bangladesh team was all out after scoring only 64 runs in the first innings. During this, Australia's star fast bowler Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly and took 6 wickets.

Bangladesh's start was so bad that the team's batsmen looked completely helpless in front of the Australian pace attack. Mitchell Starc gave a big blow to Bangladesh by taking a wicket on the very first ball of the match. After this, he continued his lethal bowling and destroyed Bangladesh's top order in the first few overs. Starc had taken 5 wickets within his first 4 overs. Bangladeshi batsmen had no answer to his fast and swinging balls. Later he came to bowl once again and completed his figure of 6 wickets by taking the last wicket. He bowled a total of 10 overs, giving only 12 runs and taking 6 wickets.

Apart from Starc, Australian captain Pat Cummins also performed brilliantly. He sent 3 batsmen of Bangladesh to the pavilion. Josh Hazlewood got one wicket. Australia's three leading fast bowlers together reduced Bangladesh's entire innings to just 64 runs. At one time, Bangladesh's situation was even worse. The team had lost its 9 wickets on the score of just 39 runs. In such a situation, it seemed that Bangladesh could equal or worse than its record of lowest score in Test cricket. Bangladesh's lowest score in Test cricket is 43 runs. Therefore the partnership of the last wicket became very important for the team.

Taijul Islam and Shoriful Islam showed patience for the last wicket and faced the Australian bowlers. Both of them made an important partnership of 25 runs for the 10th wicket. Due to this partnership, Bangladesh's score reached 64 runs and the team was saved from repeating the shameful record of its lowest Test score. However, 64 runs is also a very poor performance for Bangladesh. This is the team's fourth lowest score in the history of Test cricket. This performance of the batsmen in the first innings of the second Test against Australia has increased the problems of the team. This counterattack of Australia in the second Test is also special because before this, Bangladesh had made a big upset by defeating Australia in the first Test of the series. In such a situation, the Australian team wants to make a strong comeback in the second match. On the very first day of the Mackay Test, Starc and the Australian pace attack have strengthened their hold on the match. Now the biggest challenge for Bangladesh will be to stop Australia's innings.