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BAN vs AUS Fantasy Prediction : Bangladesh vs Australia Best Fantasy Team for 1st T20I Game

Rishikesh Sharma
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BAN vs AUS Fantasy Prediction: Bangladesh vs Australia 1st T20I – 3 August 2021 (Dhaka). Mitchell Marsh, Shakib al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, and Mitchell Marsh are the best fantasy picks for this game.

BAN vs AUS Fantasy Prediction: Bangladesh vs Australia 1st T20I – 3 August 2021 (Dhaka). Mitchell Marsh, Shakib al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, and Mitchell Marsh are the best fantasy picks for this game.

Hosts Bangladesh will take on Australia in the 1st T20I match of the three-match T20I series. Both teams will battle out in the shortest format of the game.

Both teams are missing some of their key players in the series. Naim and Sarkar are the top-order batsmen of Bangladesh, whereas Shakib is their star all-rounder. For Australia, Wade and Phillipe will bat at the top-order, whereas Marsh is in wonderful form. Mitch Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Zampa are the main bowlers of Australia, whereas Taskin and Shoriful will take care of Bangladesh’s bowling.

Pitch Conditions and Weather Details  

The average 1st innings batting score at this venue in the Last five T20I games played here is 165 runs.

Last 5 T20I GamesBat 1st Won: 3; Bat 2nd Won: 2

We can expect clouds throughout the game.

Probable XI for both sides:-

Bangladesh – Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Narul Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam.

Australia – Matthew Wade, Josh Philippe, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

Match Details

Five Match  T20I Series

Match: Bangladesh vs Australia First T20I Match 

Date and Time: 3 August, Tuesday – 5:30 PM IST

Venue: Shere e Bangla Stadium, Dhaka 

Where to Watch: Fancode

Top 4 Batting Order

Bangladesh

Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib al Hasan, and Mahmudullah.

Australia

Matthew Wade, Josh Philippe, Mitchell Marsh, and Alex Carey.

Death Over Specialists

Bangladesh

  • Taskin Ahmed and Mohammad Saifuddin

Australia

  • Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood

BAN vs AUS Fantasy Wicket-Keeper

Matthew Wade will be our wicket-keeper from Australia. Wade is an aggressive player, and he is the best pick in this category.

BAN vs AUS Fantasy Batsmen

Josh Phillipe will be our batsman from Australia. Phillipe scored 508 runs at an average of 31.75 in BBL10, whereas he had a strike-rate of 149.41. He will open the innings in this game.

Mohammad Naim and Mahmudullah will be our batsmen from Bangladesh. Mahmudullah has scored 1559 T20I runs, whereas he has scalped 31 wickets in bowling. Naim is an aggressive batsman, and he bats at the top-order.

BAN vs AUS Fantasy All-Rounders

Shakib al Hasan and Soumya Sarkar will be our all-rounders from Bangladesh. Shakib has scored 1604 T20I runs, whereas he has scalped 95 wickets in bowling. Sarkar scored 126 runs at an average of 42.00 against Zimbabwe, whereas he scalped three wickets in bowling. Both of them are in brilliant form.

Mitchell Marsh will be our all-rounder from Bangladesh. Marsh scored 219 runs at an average of 43.80 against West Indies, whereas he scalped eight wickets in bowling. He is in brilliant form with both bat and ball.

BAN vs AUS Fantasy Bowlers

Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Adam Zampa will be our bowlers from Australia. Starc has scalped 48 T20I wickets at an economy of 7.16, whereas Zampa has scalped 47 wickets at 7.04. Hazlewood has a raw record in T20Is, but he has been brilliant with the new ball. All three of them are wicket-takers.

Shoriful Islam will be our bowler from Bangladesh. Islam scalped six T20I wickets in the last Zimbabwe series, whereas he had an economy of 7.00.

Match Prediction: Australia will be the favourites to win this game.

Top Names for the Captaincy Role:-

Shakib al Hasan and Mitchell Marsh

Top Names for the Vice-Captaincy Role:-

Both the captain’s pick + Soumya Sarkar and Mitch Starc

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Fantasy Disclaimer

All our selections are based on in-depth and astute analysis of the players partaking in the match, pitch report and a perusal of other reasoning. Please incorporate a slew of factors while crafting your own side with this article serving as a guide to the match and players

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    Rishikesh Sharma

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    An engineering graduate and an ardent sports fan, Rishikesh Sharma is covering cricket for three years now after not making peace with a corporate life and has written more than 5000 articles. While Sourav Ganguly made him fall in love with the sport, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir enhanced it. Apart from cricket, Rishikesh is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. When not watching sports, you will find him riding around Jaipur.

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