Bangladesh choose to bat first in final T20 against Australia


FE Team | Published: August 09, 2021 18:33:31 | Updated: August 10, 2021 16:48:43


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Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to bat first in the fifth and final T20 against Australia after clinching the first-ever series win with an unassailable 3-1 lead.

The Tigers brought in seamer allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin in place of injured Shoriful Islam while Shamim Hossain lost his place to Mosaddek Hossain for the game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday, reports bdnews24.com.

Australia are playing three spinners, resting Josh Hazlewood and Andrew Tye. Mitchell Swepson and Adam Zampa returned to the fold, while Nathan Ellis, who picked up a hat-trick on debut, made the cut.

Bangladesh 1 Soumya Sarkar, 2 Mohammad Naim, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mahmudullah (capt), 5 Nurul Hasan (wk), 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Nasum Ahmed

Australia 1 Matthew Wade (capt & wk), 2 Ben McDermott, 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Moises Henriques, 5 Alex Carey, 6 Ashton Turner, 7 Dan Christian, 8 Ashton Agar, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Mitchell Swepson, 11 Adam Zampa

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