Published on: Aug 9, 2021 2:00 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 9, 2021 1:40 pm IST
The Australian team finally secured a win in the 4th and penultimate T20I, as they beat Bangladesh with three wickets to spare. The match turned out to be another low-scoring affair, as Bangladesh were restricted to a 104/9 from the 20 overs. Michell Swepson was the wrecker in chief, courtesy his spell of 3/12. Even though, Australia did chase the target down, it wasn’t an easy task by any means. Mahedi Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman picked up two wickets each and put the pressure back on Australia to a certain extent. Nevertheless, a scintillating knock of 39 (15) by Dan Christian and a well constructed innings of 27 runs by Ashton Agar led Australia to their first win in the series. Both teams will now be eying a positive conclusion to the T20Is, and it could turn out to be an interesting watch.
Fixture Name: 5th T20I, Bangladesh vs Australia
Date: 9 August
Time: 5:30 PM IST
Venue: Sher-e-Bangla Stadium
Team Form Guide (T20Is):
Bangladesh: LWWW
Australia: WLLL
Pitch Report: The wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla hasn’t been a batting paradise. The bowlers have had the bigger say in the series so far, and a first innings total of 130 could prove to be enough.
Grand League Team 1
WK: M Wade, A Carey BAT: M Henriques, Mahmudullah, M Naim AR: S A Hasan, M Marsh (VC) BOW: J Hazlewood, M Swepson (C), M Rahman, N Ahmed
Grand League Team 2
WK: M Wade BAT: Mahmudullah, B McDermott, M Naim AR: S A Hasan, M Marsh BOW: J Hazlewood (C), A Tye, M Swepson, M Rahman, S Islam (VC)
Grand League Team 3
WK: A Carey BAT: Mahmudullah, M Henriques, B McDermott AR: M Marsh, D Christian (VC), S A Hasan BOW: J Hazlewood, M Swepson, N Ahmed, M Rahman (C)
Mustafizur Rahman can play a pivotal role with his left-arm-pace for Bangladesh. Rahman has picked up seven wickets from the previous four T20Is.
Shoriful Islam has also impressed with the ball in hand for Bangladesh. Islam also has seven wickets under his belt from the four T20Is versus Australia so far.
Mitchell Marsh has been one of the standouts for Australia with the bat in series. Marsh has struck back to ack knocks of 45 runs in the first T20Is, which was followed up by a fifty in the third game.
Josh Hazlewood has been the clear cut standout for Australia with the ball in hand. Hazlewood has nine wickets in the series so far and can pose a threat.
Injury Report and Unavailability: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim are all unavailable
Expected Changes an Strategy:
Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mahedi Hasan, Nurul Hasan Sohan (wk), Shamim Hossain Patwary, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, N Ahmed
Injury Report and Unavailability: Aaron Finch is unavailable in the squad.
Expected Changes and Strategy:
Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade, A Carey, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Philippe, Moises Henriques, A Turner, Ashton Agar, A Tye, M Swepson, Josh Hazlewood,
The match can be streamed live on Fan Code.
The match will not be broadcasted on Television in India, but can be streamed live on the Fan Code App.
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