Overview
Australia will be touring Bangladesh for a 5-game T20 series starting tomorrow. When Australia toured Bangladesh the last time, Bangladesh registered their first ever Test win against them.
Australia is coming into this series on back of a 1-4 series loss to the Windies where probably the only positive for Australia in that series was the all-round performance of Mitchell Marsh. With the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in Asia, this series is going to be an important one for the Aussies. Bangladesh, on the other hand, recently won the T20 series against Zimbabwe by 2-1. If they somehow manage a series win over the Aussies , it will act as a massive confidence booster for them ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Squads
Bangladesh: Bangladesh will be without the likes of Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim for this series. It would be interesting to watch Bangladesh's performance in the absence of these senior players.
Mahmudullah(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan(wk), Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Naim, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Mithun(wk), Mosaddek Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Shamim Hossain
Australia: Australia too will be without their regular captain Aaron Finch. Senior players like David Warner and Steve Smith are not available as well. Matthew Wade has been announced as the captain for this series.
Matthew Wade(c/wk), Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason Behrendroff, Alex Carey, Daniel Christian, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Josh Phillipe(wk), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa
Form
Mitchell Marsh was in great form in the recently concluded T20 series against the West Indies. He amassed 219 runs in 5 innings @43.80 with a strike rate of 152.08. He also took 8 wickets in 5 matches with an average of 11 and economy of 6.77. Josh Hazlewood was decent with the ball but other than that, the performances of the other players were bleak. However, the likes of Carey, Wade, Starc, Zampa fared better in the ODI series conducted in the latter half of that tour.
For the hosts, Soumya Sarkar was the Player of the Series in the T20I series against Zimbabwe. Mohammad Naim was among the runs too but the find of the series was Shamim Hossain, who scored 29(13) and 31(15)* in the last 2 matches. Shoriful Islam snapped 6 wickets at 12.83 a piece.
How, When & Where To Watch
All the matches will be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka and will start at 5:30 PM IST. The matches are scheduled to be played on the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th of August. The matches will be streamed live on the FanCode App (No Television Streaming) in India.
Ground Stats (T20I)
Totat Matches: 44
Won By Team Batting First: 22
Won By Team Bowling First: 22
Average First Innings Score: 152
Highest Team Total: Bangladesh 211/4 vs West Indies, 2018
Highest Score: Ahmed Shehzad 111*(62) vs Bangladesh, 2014
Most Runs : Mahmudullah (477)
Best Bowling : Keemo Paul 4-0-15-5 vs Bangladesh, 2018
Most Wickets : Al-Amin Hossain (27)
Head To Head
Australia and Bangladesh have faced each other in T20I on 4 occasions and Australia have emerged victorious in all of them. The two sides have never met each other in a T20I barring in the T20 World Cups. In the only encounter between them on this ground during the 2014 T20 World Cup, Australia won by 7 wickets with 15 balls to spare.
Most Runs: Shakib Al Hasan (143)
Most Wickets: Shakib Al Hasan (5)
Highest Score: Matthew Hayden (73)
Best Bowling: Dirk Nannes (4/18)
Dream11 Fantasy Team (1st T20I)
M. Wade, M. Hossain, J. Philippe, M. Naim-Sheikh, S. Al Hasan(C), M. Marsh(VC), A. Agar, S. Sarkar, M. Starc, A. Zampa, M. Rahman
