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Bangladesh opt to bat first in 5th T20I, make two changes

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Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bat first in the fifth and final T20I of the five-match series against Australia on Monday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Bangladesh made two changes in this game replacing Shamim Hossain and Shoriful Islam with Mosaddek Hossain and Mohammad Saifuddin.

Australia also made two changes. They rested Andrew Tye and Josh Hazlewood and brought back Adam Zampa and Nathan Ellis.

Bangladesh have wrapped the series winning the first three matches.

In the first match of the series, Bangladesh had put only 131 runs while batting first. Despite a low score, the hosts managed to win the match by 23 runs. In the second match, they had chased down a target of 122 runs with five wickets in hand, and in the third match, they defended a total of 127 runs and won by 10 runs.

The winning streak came to an end in the fourth match when the hosts ended up scoring only 104 runs while batting first. They still fought valiantly and lost in the 19th over.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah(c), Nurul Hasan(w), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Australia (Playing XI): Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade(w/c), Daniel Christian, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Alex Carey, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Swepson

Source: United News of Bangladesh