David Warner is just 12 runs away from his 20th Test century
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David Warner, captain Steve Smith and Peter Handscomb made an unbeaten 88, 58 and 69 not out respectively as Australia took the attack to Bangladesh in sweltering conditions on the second day in Chittagong.
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon also deserves a lot of credit as he claimed a seven-wicket haul. By doing this, Lyon etched his name into the record books as he now has the most seven-fors in Asia by a visiting bowler in Test history.
In addition to that, he also became the fourth spinner to secure seven wickets in an innings against Bangladesh in the longest format.
Starting off the day on 253/6, Bangladesh added 12 runs to their overnight score before captain Mushfiqur Rahim was cleaned up by Lyon for 68, which came off 166 balls and included five boundaries.
Nasir Hossain, who was unbeaten on 19 at the end of the second day, went on to score 45 before he was caught behind off the bowling of Ashton Agar.
Once Nasir was gone, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam fell in quick succession as Bangladesh were bowled out for 305.
Lyon was the pick of the bowlers with seven wickets, while Agar snapped up two.
Trailing by 305 runs, Australia lost opener Matt Renshaw on the ninth ball of their innings as he was caught behind off the bowling of Mustafizur Rahman for four runs.
Warner and Smith made up for the early loss of Renshaw with a 93-run partnership, during which Smith surpassed his half-century.
Steve Smith scored his 21st Test fifty
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However, he was unable to convert it into a bigger score as he was clean bowled by Taijul for 58 off 94 balls, which included eight boundaries.
Despite losing Smith, the runs kept flowing for Australia as Warner and Peter Handscomb amassed an unbeaten 127-run stand, during which both batsmen brought up their fifties, before stumps was called.
Peter Handscomb struck five boundaries during his unbeaten knock of 69
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Warner finished on 88 off 170 balls, which included four boundaries, while Handscomb remained undefeated on 69 off 113 deliveries, which included five boundaries.
Mustafizur and Taijul claimed one wicket each.
Australia ended day two on 225/2 and will continue batting on Wednesday at 10:00 local time or 04:00 GMT.