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Tigers set to hunt five times champions Australia

Published : Thursday, 20 June, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan
Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza attends a press conference at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, central England, on June 19, ahead of their 2019 Cricket World Cup match against Australia.	Photo: AFPJaunty Tigers set to take on five times World Champion Australia today opting much needed win to foster the semifinal's prospect. The 26th clash of the ICC Cricket World Cup will commence at 3:30pm BST at the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in Nottinghamshire.
Bangladesh after haughty seven-wicket victory against West Indies, are opting to hunt Aussies. They started the World's championship mission with a 21-run win over South Africa putting their highest ODI total of 330 for six. They chased 321 against West Indies and proved their batting efficacy in the tournament so far.
Tigers are at the fifth spot on the point table till writing of this preview. Bangladesh have five points from five appearances with two wins against similar number of defeats. Bangladesh had to share point with Sri Lanka as rain washed away the clash at the Bristol County Ground on June 11. So, they need to slay either Australia or India aside Pakistan and Afghanistan to qualify for the play-offs.
Australia one the other hand, are still flying high with four wins alongside 36-run defeat against India. They are in a fix to finalize
the playing eleven against Bangladesh since twin all-rounders Nathan Coulter-Nile and Marcus Stoinis have recovered from injury while Aaron Finch's team wanted to bring in leggy Adam Zampa considering Bangladesh's weakness against wrist spin.  
Shaun Marsh possibly will be rested to spot in identical Stoinis while Jason Behrendorff might be succeeded by Coulter-Nile. Zampa can replace Kane Richardson. Bangladesh however, possibly will not alter the winning combination.
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins will be dreadful for Bangladesh while skipper Aaron Finch, David Warner and Steven Smith have ability to chase any total. But it's Shakib Al Hasan, who will be key man to claim spotlight in the game against Australia. His whirlwind with arm is an area for Aussies to be concerned. The man on song with the bat is the leading scorer of the tournament so far and hence Australia must chalk out specially to face Shakib.
The young guns in Bangladesh tent will make the difference. Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Saifuddin have been delivering brilliantly, but the best is yet to come from seniors like Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
Bangladesh have a lone win against Australia in 20 ODIs and that was in 2005 in England. However, the previous two fixtures of Bangladesh and Australia during ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 were washed out and there have 30 to 40 per cent possibility of shower over Nottinghamshire today. So, scattered rain along with gentle breeze can result a curtail-over clash.



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