Australia vs Bangladesh: 2nd T20I, August 4, 2021, Match Prediction

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Australia vs Bangladesh: 2nd T20I, August 4, 2021, Australia Tour of Bangladesh Match Prediction

Last Meeting

4, 2021, Mirpur’s Shere Bangla National Stadium will be the host venue for Australia vs Bangladesh, the 2^nd T20I of a three-match series on the Australia tour of Bangladesh.

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h3>Last Meeting

Bangladesh and Australia last met in a T20 match in the super 10 group match of the world T20 in Bangalore on 21 March 2016. Bangladesh batted first and lost quick wickets to be reduced to 2 for 25 in the sixth over. Despite a few cameos, they were not able to put any partnerships together and a steady loss of wickets saw them placed at 105/5 in the 16th over. Under the circumstances, they did well to reach a score of 156 of five in their allotted overs. Mahmudullah top scored with 49 from 29 balls while Shakib al Hasan (33 from 25) and Mohammad Mithun (23 from 22) also contributed. For Australia, Adam Zampa was the best bowler on display, taking 3/23, while Shane Watson took 2/31.

When Australia replied, they were off to a solid start, putting on 62 runs for the first wicket, before Watson got out on 7.2 overs. Building on the platform, Australia found themselves at 115 for two in 13 overs. Thereafter, despite a late order collapse, they managed to get over the line with three wickets and two overs to spare. Opener Usman Khawaja top scored with 58 from 45 balls, supported by cameos from Shane Watson (21 from 15) and Glenn Maxwell (26 from 15). Shakib Al Hasan took 3/27 to emerge the best bowler of Bangladesh. Among the others, Rahman took 2/30, while Al Ameen Hossain took 1/14.

Likely XIsp>Bangladesh

Nurul Hasan, Naim-Sheikh, Shakib al Hasan, S Sarkar, Mahmudullah, M Hossein, t Ahmed, M Saifuddin, S Islam, M Hasan, R Hossain

Australia

Wade, Philippe, Turner, Marsh, Carey, McDermott, Henriques, Agar, Starc, Hazlewood, Zampa

Head-to-Headp>Australia have won the last four T20I matches between the sides.

Match Predictionp>In our Australia vs Bangladesh T20I Prediction, we believe that Australia will beat Bangladesh in the 2^nd T20I of the ongoing series on 4 August 2021. Summaryp>Bangladesh are hamstrung by the absence of Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal. Without these key players, the hosts are likely to find the going tough against an Australian side who have enough firepower in batting and bowling alike, even in the absence of the likes of Finch, Smith, Labuschagne, Warner and Cummins.