Overview
- Australia won the opening T20I by four wickets on June 17, reducing Bangladesh to 131 all out as Adam Zampa and Joel Davies took three wickets each.
- Cooper Connolly top-scored for Australia with a measured 47 off 39 balls to guide the chase and steady the innings after early wickets.
- The Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium surface in Chattogram has behaved slowly and favours spin, which helped Australia control the middle overs.
- Bangladesh’s batting struggled to build partnerships against quality spin, though debutant left-arm seamer Abdul Gaffar impressed with figures of 2/32.
- The second T20I is scheduled for June 19 in Chattogram and will be streamed live on FanCode, with Bangladesh needing a win to level the series and Australia aiming to clinch it.