Australia finally etched a win on their tour of Bangladesh on Saturday in the fourth match of the T20I series after suffering defeats in the first three games on the trot in Dhaka.
The Aussie batting line up has struggled to go all guns blazing and in fact Daniel Christian who played an important role in the visitors’ win in their last encounter has admitted that batting in Bangladesh is “extremely difficult”.
"These are as difficult conditions as I've seen for T20 cricket - 120 is like 190, it's an extremely difficult place to try and bat. We've seen all the spinners and even the seamers, as soon as they start bowling slower balls it's really, really hard work,” he said.
On the other side, Bangladesh showed some brilliant form in the series, especially with the ball. They even caused a fair bit of trouble for the Australian batting unit while defending a modest total of 105 during the course of the fourth T20I.
The two teams will now meet in the final T20I on Monday, August 09.
Match Details
Match – Bangladesh vs Australia – 5th T20I
Venue – Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Time – 05:30 PM IST, 06:00 PM Local
Where to watch live – Fancode
Pitch Report
The track has been pretty helpful for the bowlers due to its slowish nature. The batsmen have found it difficult to score runs quickly while even the faster bowlers have been pretty successful while using the slower ones and back of the hand deliveries. So, if you win the toss, bat first.
Probable XI
Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad (C), Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mahedi Hasan, Nurul Hasan Sohan (WK), Shamim Hossain Patwary, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed
Australia: Alex Carey, Matthew Wade (C and WK), Mitchell Marsh, Josh Philippe, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Swepson
Fantasy XI
Nurul-Hasan, Ben McDermott, Moises Henriques, Shakib Al Hasan (VC), Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mitchell Marsh (C), Daniel Christain, Shoriful-Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Mitchell Swepson