Bangladesh vs Australia, BAN vs AUS, Today Match Prediction 07 August 2021

ban vs aus Match Prediction & Analysis

Bangladesh have won the series comfortably 3-0 after beating Australia in the third T20I by 10 runs. Flashback to a week, to the start of the series, Bangladesh has never beaten Australia so far in the T20I format so far after 4 matches. Bangladesh team has been all over the Aussies in the sub-continental conditions and they will look to continue their form heading into the T20I World Cup. Australia on the other hand will be dejected with the series loss and will look top salvage some pride with consolation wins.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Bangladesh Preview

Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah lead his team with the bats scoring 52 runs off 53 balls and the duo of Afif Hossain (17 runs) and Shakib Al Hasan (26 runs) provided good support at the other end to build partnership. They finished with a below par 127 runs on board in the match.

Bangladesh bowlers then took charge as they tied up the scoring rate despite Aussies giving away just 4 wickets in their 20 overs. Spinners Nurul Ahmed and Shakib Al Hasan had combined figures of 8-1-41-2. Mustafizur was the star of the night with figures of 4-0-9-0. Their fifth bowling option went for 38 runs while Shoriful Islam bowled crucial death overs to claim 2 important wickets.

Top players to bet on:

Shakib Al Hasan – Shakib has 86 runs & 3 wickets at an economy arte of less than 6 RPO so far. He is their team`s highest run getter at a strike rate 125 and their strike bowler with the ball so far.

Mustafizur Rahman – Mustafizur has been praised all over by the opposition ranks and he showed his class giving just 5 runs in the 17th and 19th overs of chase last night.  He has 5 wickets at an economy re of 4 RPO so far.

Bangladesh Predicted Playing XI:

Mohammad Naim, Mohammed Mithun, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosadek Hossain, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed

Bangladesh Actual Playing XI:

Nurul Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Shamim Patwari, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Afif Hossain

Australia Preview

Australia batting succumbed to yet another disappointing performance finishing with 117/4 in their 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh continued his good work with 51 runs in this match and Ben McDormett struggled his way to a 41-ball 35 runs. Alex Carey and Dan Christian were not able to help their chase the total with 38 needed of last 4 overs.

Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood were the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets each and gave away just 40 runs in their combined 8 overs. Nathan Ellis took a last-over hat-trick but went for 34 runs in his 4 overs. Ashton Agar and the fifth bowling options of Ashton Turner & Dan Christian had combined bowling figures of 7-0-34-0.

Top players to bet on:

Mitchell Marsh – Marsh has scored 141 runs in this series while their next top scorer has just 35 runs in this series. He has scores of 45, 45, & 51 in the 3 matches but will be dejected as he failed to finish the innings not out in all 3 matches.

Josh Hazlewood: Hazlewood`s figures read 2/16, 3/24, & 121 in the three matches and he has adapted to the slow pitched brilliantly using his slower balls and variations to great effect.

Australia Predicted Playing XI:

Matthew Wade (c & wk), Ben McDermott, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey, Ashton Turner, Daniel Christian, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye/Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Australia Actual Playing XI:

AJ Turner, Mitchell Swepson, Moises Henriques, AJ Tye, Matthew Wade, Alex Carey, Ben McDermott, DT Christian, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Hazlewood

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Dhaka weather was cloudy and dark for all 3 matches but rain did not play a big role except the last game where it delayed the start. We expect rain to stay away from this game despite weather forecaster`s predictions.

Venue Details

Dhaka pitch will continue to be slow and tacky with uneven bounce and ball stopping on the batsmen. Bowlers will look to execute the cutters and variations to great effect in this pitch. We expect the average scores to be around 130-140 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams will find it hard to time the ball in the second innings and chasing becomes very tough when required run rate exceeds 8 RPO. We expect both captains to bat first in this match.