Sports Reporter :
Spirited Bangladesh will meet Australia in the fifth and last Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city’s Mirpur today. The match begins at 6.00pm (Bangladesh Standard Time). State-owned television channel BTV, private satellite channel GTV and private satellite sports channel T Sports will telecast the match live from the arena.
Bangladesh have already clinched the T20I series 3-1.
The hosts posted an easy 23-run win over the tourists in the first T20I at the same venue on July 3.
The home side registered a massive five-wicket victory over the visitors in the second T20I at the same venue on July 4.
Bangladesh recorded a narrow 10-run win over Australia in the third T20I at the same venue on July 6.
Australia notched up a narrow three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the fourth T20I at the same venue on July 7.
Bowlers of Bangladesh dominated all the previous T20I matches. ‘Cutter Boy’ Mustafizur Rahman, promising left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam, spinner Nasum Ahmed and left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan bowled really well in their previous matches.
Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Nurul Hasan Sohan shone with the willow.
Bangladesh squad : Mahmudullah Riyad (Captain), Naim Sheikh, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan (wicketkeeper), Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Taijul Islam, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Mithun and Rubel Hossain.
