Live Cricket Score, Bangladesh vs Australia 2017, 1st Test, Day 3: Khawaja falls for 1

Hello and welcome to the Day Three of the 1st Test between Bangladesh and Australia at Mirpur. I am Paulami Chakraborty and I will bring you live updates and best tweets from the online space. This has been a fascinating Test to say the least. Undaunted by Australia’s reputation, Bangladesh have done a brilliant job to get an upper hand in the context courtesy their two legendary southpaws in Shakib Al Hasan. The latter slammed 84, bailing Bangladesh out from a precarious situation and later went on to claim a five-for to ensure Bangladesh a 43-run lead. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Bangladesh vs Australia 2017, 1st Test at Dhaka

In the recent times, Bangladesh have showed that they are not mere pushovers in the longer format especially if the backdrop is subcontinent. They almost beat England in a series that ended 1-1 last year and earlier this year, they marked their 100th Test by notching up an away win in Sri Lanka. Like Shakib, even Tamim has made his 50th Test appearance special by scoring 71 in the first innings and he remains unbeaten on 30 in the second innings.

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Electing to bat, Bangladesh put up 260 on the board despite the early blows. Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar and Nathan Lyon chipped in with 3 wickets each. In reply, Australia were reduced to 144 for 8 before the lower order rescued them to 217, with Shakib and Mehedi Hasan being the chief destructors with 5 and 3 wickets respectively. Bangladesh are 45 for 1 in the second innings.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Nasir Hossain, Taijul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam.

Australia: David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (c), Glenn Maxwell, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade (wk), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon.

FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Bangladesh vs Australia 2017, 1st Test at Dhaka