The 4th match of the Super 8 will be of Group 1 which will be between Australia (AUS) and Bangladesh (BAN). The match will be live at 06:00 A.M. (IST) and 08:30 P.M. (local).
| Australia’s last match | Won against Scotland by 5 wickets. |
| Bangladesh’s last match | Won against Nepal by 21 runs. |
Teams Analysis
Australia (AUS):
A dominating performance was shown by them in their Group B, due to which they topped there with 8 points having won all their matches. In their first match against Oman, despite getting the victory they looked in little discomfort but after that they showed full domination in both the departments.
Marcus Stoinis is taking the responsibility in both the departments which already showed this in the group matches. He is leading in the batting department with 156 runs and has a destructive strike rate of 190.24. He scored 2 fifties till now. With the bowl, he got 6 wickets with an economy of 5.78. Due to his incredible performances in both the departments, the team got all the victories to their name.
The openers of the team are giving a solid start to the team in most of the matches. Travis Head has scored 148 runs with a strike rate of 157.45 and got one half-century to his name and that came against Scotland in the last match. On the other hand, David Warner has managed 116 runs till now and has scored a hard fighting fifty against Oman in the first match. His strike rate is 146.84 till now.
Skipper Mitchell Marsh hasn’t done much with the bat as he scored only 75 runs and the best was against England where he scored 35 runs. His strike rate is 117.19.
Adam Zampa is leading the way for the team in the bowling department as he got 9 wickets to his name. He has been mostly economical in his spells and has an economy of 5.88. Pacers Nathan Ellis has taken 4 wickets while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins got 3 wickets to his name.
Probable Playing 11 of Australia (AUS):
Mitchell Marsh ©, David Warner, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Bangladesh (BAN):
They remain in 2nd place with 6 points in 4 matches, having won 3 and lost 1. Their victories came in a close contest while the loss against South Africa was also a close one. They need to do something big so that they can win the matches convincingly.
In their batting unit, Towhid Hridoy has scored most runs for the team. Under his credit he managed 95 runs and has a strike rate of 125. In the starting two matches he looked great with the bat but in the next two matches he managed only 9 runs in both the matches.
Team’s most experienced player Shakib Al Hasan has managed 92 runs in which he scored one 50+ knock and that came against Netherlands where he scored 64 runs. He is the only player till now who touched the 50 mark. With the bowl though he looked a little weak as he grabbed only 2 wickets and has an economy of 7.16. Mahmudullah has managed 74 runs till now and gave his contributions towards the end. Though he didn’t score much with the bat, his contributions towards the end helped the team to boost the scoreboard.
Skipper Nazmul Hossain Shanto’s bat remained silent till now as he managed only 26 runs with a strike rate of 59.09. He is unable to get runs on the board and gets out early in most of the matches.
In the bowling unit, Tanzim Hasan Sakib is currently the leading wicket-taker from the team with 9 wickets to his name. Due to his brilliant bowling against Nepal in the last match where he got 4 wickets and got the team victory in a low scoring match and qualified for the Super 8.
Other Pacers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman have taken 7 wickets each. Taskin has an economy of 6.44 while Mustafizur has an economy of 3.38. While spinner Rishad Hossain has also got 7 wickets to his credit with an economy of 6.8.
Probable Playing 11 of Bangladesh (BAN):
Nazmul Hossain Shanto ©, Tanzid Hasan, Liton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
Pitch Report for the match between Australia (AUS) and Bangladesh (BAN):
The match will be played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. This has proved to be a high scoring pitch where out of 4 matches 3 has been won by batting 2nd. Spinners might get little help from the pitch as it will turn better in the first innings. Therefore chasing might be a better option here after winning the toss.
Weather Report:
The weather is expected to be clear and clean throughout the day with a little chance of rain which will be close to 20%. Humidity level will cross 70%. The highest temperature may be around 31 degree celsius while the lowest may be around 27 degree celsius.
Head to Head (AUS vs BAN) in T20 World Cups:
They played 5 matches against each other till now.
| Australia (AUS) | Bangladesh (BAN) | |
| won | 5 | 0 |
| Highest score | 158 | 156 |
| Lowest score | 78 | 73 |
Best 11 for the match between Australia (AUS) and Bangladesh (BAN):
Liton Das, David Warner, Travis Head, Shakib Al Hasan, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa. Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins, Tazim Hasan Sakib.