London, June 6 (Cricketnmore) Australia and Bangladesh were forced to split points after their Group A match of the ongoing Champions Trophy was washed out due to rain here on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia are now second in the group with two points from as many matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The opening match of their campaign against New Zealand was also abandoned due to rain with both teams earning a point each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The men from Down Under trail group leaders England by a single point.Bangladesh, who had lost to England in the tournament opener, have managed a single point in two matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chasing a modest target of 183 runs, Australia were off to a steady start with David Warner and Aaron Finch producing an opening stand of 45 runs in 7.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After Finch was trapped leg before by Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hussain, Warner and Australia captain Steve Smith continued to bat steadily before rain intervened to stop the proceedings for good.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Warner remained unbeaten on 40 runs off 44 balls with two hits to the fence.Smith scored 22 runs off 25 deliveries as Australia posted 83\/1 in 16 overs before the rain intervened.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, fast bowler Mitchell Starc clinched a four-wicket haul as Australia restricted Bangladesh to 182 runs.Starc spearheaded the Australian bowling attack with figures of 4\/29 in 8.3 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa was also impressive on the day, conceding just 13 runs in four overs while bagging two wickets.Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who had bagged a six-wicket haul in Australia's first match against hosts England, returned figures of 1\/40 in his 10 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For Bangladesh, experienced opener Tamim Iqbal was the standout performer with 95 runs off 114 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Electing to bat first, Bangladesh were off to a shaky start as they lost early wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan attempted to steady the boat, adding 69 runs between them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Off-spinner Travis Head trapped Shakib leg before to end what would prove to be the only decent piece of resistance by the Bangladesh batsmen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hasan scored 29 runs, hitting just two boundaries in the 48 balls he faced.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Bangladesh batting line-up folded up after his departure, losing the next six wickets for just 60 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia have one point from their opening match against New Zealand which had to be abandoned following too many holdups due to rain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh are yet to garner any points as they were defeated by hosts England in the tournament opener despite putting up a total in excess of 300 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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