Australia will take on Bangladesh in their first encounter in the Super Eight stage of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The match will be at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. Australia have an edge over their opponents, who just qualified for this stage.
Bangladesh have an excellent spin-bowling attack, but they will face a tough test in this game. Australia’s batters are known to do well against such bowlers. Travis Head, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis will be keen on scoring big runs.
Australia have many big hitters in its ranks who will want to take Bangladesh’s bowlers to the cleaners and put up a big total when batting first or chasing targets down.
Predicted Squads
AUS: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
BAN: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaker Ali, Mahmudullah, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman.
Key Players
David Warner (AUS): David Warner, who is among the leading run-getters in this tournament, will have to do his very best in this game. The southpaw is a pocket dynamo and will have a lot of responsibility to get the Aussies off to a good start in the first innings or second.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib (BAN): Seamer Tanzim Hasan Sakib, a last-minute addition to the Bangladesh ranks for this T20 World Cup, has been in fine form. He is among the leading wicket-takers in the tournament. He must bowl with fire against Australia and lead from the front.
Match Prediction
Australia are the downright favourites to win this game, and we expect them to do so quite comfortably in the end. Bangladesh will have to play out of their skins to challenge the Aussies. They will want their star veteran, Shakib Al Hasan, to step up and take responsibility to achieve it.
