Bangladesh women’s team suffered their second consecutive defeat in the ongoing edition of the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup as Australia crushed them by eight wickets at Gqebrha, in South Africa on Tuesday.

With Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy making an unbeaten 48 and 37, Australia cruised to the target of 111-2 in 18.2 overs in reply to 107-7.

Skipper Nigar Sultana scored a top with 57 off 50 balls, the maiden fifty for Bangladesh in the T2o World Cups.

Georgia Wareham was the standout bowler for the Aussies, scalping 3-20 while Darcie Brown took two wickets.

Opting to bat first, the former Asian champions suffered a massive blow, losing their top three batters for 42 inside the eighth over.

Then, banking on Nigar’s 57 and Shorna Akter’s 12, Bangladesh catapulted 107-7 in the stipulated overs.

Chasing down a paltry target, Australia made it losing just two wickets in 18.2 overs.

Bangladesh will face off against their New Zealand counterpart in their third and do-or-die game in Cape Town on February 17.