Published on: Aug 2, 2021 8:49 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 2, 2021 9:13 pm IST
BAN vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: Bangladesh will take on Australia in the first of a five-match T20I series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on Tuesday. Bangladesh are coming off a productive tour of Zimbabwe in which they sealed all the three formats. On the other hand, Australia recovered in the ODI format after losing in the shortest format during their tour of the West Indies in July.
Bangladesh recently won a three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe by a 2-1 margin while Australia went down by a 1-4 margin in the five-match T20I series against the West Indies last month.
Fixture Name: 1st T20I
Competition: Australia Tour of Bangladesh, 2021
Date: 3rd August
Time: 5:30 PM IST
Team Form Guide:
BAN (recent last): W L W L L AUS (recent last): L W L L L
Ground: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
Pitch Report: The Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo said pre-match that he expects “a traditional Dhaka wicket” but does not expect a lot of turn. Scores generally hover around 150-160 at this venue
Brief score of the last result at the venue: Bangladesh (120/1) beat Zimbabwe (119/7) by nine wickets on 11 Mar 2020.
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WICKET-KEEPERS: Matthew Wade BATSMEN: Mahmudullah, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Josh Philippe ALL-ROUNDERS: Shakib Al Hasan, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Marsh, Soumya Sarkar BOWLERS: Mitchell Starc, Nasum Ahmed, Adam Zampa
Bangladesh are without a few of their key players like Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das. The availability of Mustafizur Rahman is also unclear as Bangladesh are managing his ankle injury. This will make the visitors, Australia slight favourites for this match and the rest of the series.
Mahmudullah’s Stats in T20I cricket: 1559 runs and 31 wickets from 92 matches
Matthew Wade’s Stats in T20I cricket: 613 runs from matches
Mitchell Marsh will be touted as the potential ‘Man of the Match’ for this game as he is coming in with good form.
Mitchell Marsh in T20I cricket: 544 runs and 15 wickets from 25 matches
Bangladesh super-star Shakib Al Hasan will obviously be a top pick for this match.
Shakib Al Hasan in T20I cricket: 1604 runs and 95 wickets from 79 matches
Batting all-rounder Soumya Sarkar looked good for Bangladesh in the recent T20I series against Zimbabwe
Soumya Sarkar in T20I cricket: 1077 runs and nine wickets from 56 matches
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Line-up
BAN Playing 11 (likely)
Mohammad Naim Sheikh Soumya Sarkar Shakib Al Hasan Mahmudullah (C) Afif Hossain Shamim Patwari Nurul Hasan (WK) Nasum Ahmed Mohammad Saifuddin/Mustafizur Rahman Taskin Ahmed/Mahedi Hasan Shoriful Islam
Mitchell Marsh was Australia’s best batsman in the five-match T20I series against the West Indies
Mitchell Starc didn’t perform in the T20I series against the West Indies but he did show his best in the 50-over format.
Mitchell Starc in T20I cricket: 48 wickets from 39 matches
AUS Playing 11 (likely)
Josh Philippe Ben McDermott Mitchell Marsh Moises Henriques Matthew Wade (C/WK) Ashton Turner Daniel Christian Ashton Agar Mitchell Starc Adam Zampa Josh Hazlewood
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This series won’t be broadcasted on television.