Australia beat Bangladesh 1–0 in the inaugural T20 match of the series on Wednesday in the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium by winning four wickets after a decisive victory in Australia v Bangladesh 1st T20I result. With Towhid Hridoy in charge, Bangladesh, who batted first, were bowled out in 19 overs for 131 at the hands of the disciplined Australian spin foray. The innings got a setback early in the day, with regular captain Litton Das ruled out because of a muscle tear he had sustained in the third ODI earlier last week.
Mahedi Hasan gave some fight in the collapse with an unbeaten 29 off 22 off, scoring 4 boundaries, to lead the way for the hosts. Saif Hassan (20 x 14) and Soumya Sarkar (17 x 20) were the two who made significant contributions with 20 and 17 runs, respectively. But, Bangladesh were unable to strike meaningful alliances with the rest of the batting line up in the process of scoring low figures.
Australia’s bowlers did a good job of controlling their performance. Adam Zampa picked up three wickets as his name was first in the list, followed by three wickets from Joel Davies. Matt Renshaw had two scalps while Spencer Johnson and debutant Nikhil Chaudhary had each struck down one wicket, which meant Bangladesh failed to get going. Australia then replied by reaching the score of 132 in 18.2 overs and sacrificed six wickets in the process.
Cooper Connolly hit the ball going with a fluent 47 off 27 deliveries, and knocked four boundaries and three sixes. Australia were always ahead with his cool knock, though there were some breakthrough moments from the bowlers of Bangladesh. The outcome puts Australia in the driving seat of the series with the momentum looking good after giving a clinical all-round performance in Mirpur.
