It will be the first-ever twenty-over format series between Bangladesh and Australia. Before today’s match, these two faced each other four times and four twenty/20 world cups. Here are the dates of their previously played t20I matches: 16/09/2007, 05/05/2010, 01/04/2014, 21/03/2016. All of them won by the Australia team. So Bangladesh has never won a t20I match against Australia.
211/4 is the highest total of the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur cricket ground. Scored by the home team in 2018 against the West Indies team. 178/8 is the Australian team’s highest total scored against the same team West Indies in 2014. The home team Bangladesh recently won the three T20I series against Zimbabwe by 2-1. The Australia team recently lost five T20I series against West Indies by 1-4.
Ban vs Aus 1st T20I Highlights today Tuesday, 8-3-2021 – 1st T20I (N), Australia tour of Bangladesh from Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Matthew Wade won the toss and chose to bowl first
Bangladesh team: Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan(w), Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed.
Australia team: Josh Philippe, Alex Carey, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, Matthew Wade(w/c), Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Match Timings: 12:00 GMT | 18:00 Local
Umpires – Masudur Rahman, Sharfuddoula
TV Umpires – Gazi Sohel
Match Referee – Neeyamur Rashid
Reserve Umpire – Tanvir Ahmed
Match number – T20I no. 1210
