BAN VS AUS - 1st T20I, Australia tour of Bangladesh, 2021

It is Australia's fifth loss in their last six games and they need to work on their game against spin. Hayden Walsh and Fabian Allen caused problems in the Caribbean and Bangladesh would have noticed that. We can expect similar pitches in the remaining four games and unless Australia come out with better execution, it will be another series loss. That's all from this game. The second T20I is tomorrow. Do join us for that. Until then, take care and stay safe..

Mahmudullah: We had a team talk during the halfway stage and said that we were 10 runs short, so we have to field well and put more effort. That's what you need while defending low totals and have attacking mindset. They are a very good side and we need to tick the boxes we failed today in the coming games. The hunger needs to be there to win every game for Bangladesh. I am not over the top at the moment, it was a match, we won and it is gone now, looking forward to tomorrow's game.

Nasum Ahmed is the Player of the Match for his figures of 4-0-19-4.

Matthew Wade: I thought the bowlers did a terrific job to restrict them to 130. But having lost 3 for 10, me and Marsh tried to resurrect the innings but unfortunately we couldn't do that. We have to find ways to score runs on such pitches. The wickets spun on the West Indies, but here it skidded on in the first few overs and we didn't execute our plans. We have to eliminate the errors in the first six overs and then take it from there.

21:36 Local Time, 15:36 GMT, 21:06 IST: Bangladesh's spinners - 13-0-71-6. That's where the game was won. They never allowed Australia to settle down, starting from the very first ball which resulted in the wicket of Carey. The spinners had three wickets in the first three overs and Australia were left to play catch up. Only Mitchell Marsh looked assured against the slow, turning ball and when he departed in the 16th over, it was only a matter of time. All the bowlers played their part to perfection and Nasum Ahmed was the pick of the lot with figures of 4 for 19. Early on, Australia's bowlers had restricted Bangladesh to a below par total thanks to some disciplined bowling by everyone, but their batsmen just didn't have the pedigree on this surface to chase that target down. Hang around for the presentations..

Mustafizur to Starc, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Bangladesh win by 23 runs. It is their first T20I win against Australia. That had played them four times before this and lost all four. This was almost a Starc like delivery. Fuller, faster and bit of tail in, Starc is rooted to the crease and plays outside the line, the ball beats the inside edge and hits the top of off-stump. Starc b Mustafizur 14(14) [4s-1]

Mustafizur to Starc, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Mustafizur to Hazlewood, 1 run, fuller and around off, Hazlewood mistimes the drive to extra cover and crosses over to the other end

Mustafizur to Starc, 1 run, low full toss on off, Starc jams it out towards extra cover and Bangladesh are happy to concede the singles

Mustafizur to Starc, no run, just not happening. Starc swings so hard that he let's out a grunt while doing so. The slower ball stays low and scoots under his swinging blade

Mustafizur to Hazlewood, 1 run, stays leg-side of the ball and slaps it to extra cover, quick single

Mustafizur to Hazlewood, wide, sprays it outside off and Hazlewood does not reach it, wide called

Mustafizur to Hazlewood, no run, this one scoots through. The cutter outside off and Hazlewood swings through the line, the ball does not bounce and sneaks past the under-edge

Shoriful Islam to Starc, no run, cutter that breaks back in, Starc ekes out an inside edge onto the pad and the ball rolls back to Shoriful

Josh Hazlewood, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Shoriful Islam to Zampa, out Caught by Afif Hossain!! Shoriful has his second. He's delighted as he celebrates with both hands in the air. Can he finish it off? Length delivery but there was no pace for Zampa to work with, he tries to launch it over cow corner but does not generate enough power, Afif settles under it near deep mid-wicket and takes it calmly. Zampa c Afif Hossain b Shoriful Islam 0(2)

Shoriful Islam to Zampa, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Shoriful Islam to Zampa, no run, slanted outside off and Zampa is nowhere close to the ball as he has a go, he's staying leg-side and swinging hard, the ball is way outside off but well inside the guideline

Shoriful Islam to Starc, 1 run, full and this was in the slot, Starc drills it straight to long-off

Shoriful Islam to Starc, wide, loses the radar on the slower ball and sprays it outside off, no chance for Starc to reach that