Reigning World Cup champions Australia have recovered well from their bruising defeat at the hands of India earlier in the tournament, beating Pakistan and Sri Lanka subsequently, but there are still plenty of chinks in their armour and Bangladesh must be backed at 9/2 to maintain their own impressive start to the competition.
Barring a heavy defeat against England, Bangladesh have played some fantastic cricket in England so far, going down narrowly against New Zealand in-between crushing wins over South Africa and the West Indies.
Bangladesh talisman Shakib Al Hasan is enjoying a stellar World Cup, the veteran all-rounder already amassing 384 runs at an average of 128.00 as well as picking up five wickets with his left-arm spin, and he was the star of the show in Monday's seven-wicket drubbing of the West Indies.
Shakib's magnificent unbeaten 124 underpinned Bangladesh's monster chase of 322 and with Lilton Das contributing a stylish 69-ball 94*, the Tigers always looked like coming out on top. They can still harbour realistic hopes of reaching the knockout stages with New Zealand and Thursday's opponents, Australia, both having some tough fixtures to come.