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Australia have won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat first in the opening match of the three-match ODI series in Dhaka on Tuesday. With this match, Australia is playing their first ODI in Bangladesh since 2011. Bangladesh fielded a three-bowler pace attack in that match that included Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Nahid Islam. They sidelined Rishad Hossain for this match, while Musaddek Hossain made a comeback after around four years. Bangladesh have only one win against Australia, which came in 2005 in Cardiff. In the last 15 years, Bangladesh played three ODIs against Australia in different venues and lost two of them, with the other match washed away due to rain. In the last 15 years, Bangladesh has become a strong force in ODI cricket. So the chance is high for the hosts to win matches in this series. Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Saif Hassan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tawhid Hridoy, Litton Das (wk), Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana, Tanvir Islam Australia XI: Matt Short, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis (capt/wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.

Bangladesh won the first of the two-match T20I series against hosts UAE by seven runs Sunday night in Dubai. Put in to bat first, the Tigers scored 158-5. Chasing 159, UAE batted well but fell short of seven runs. Chirag Suri scored 39 off 24 balls and kept the UAE's hopes alive. Aayan Afzal Khan scored 25 off 17 balls. Shoriful Islam bagged three wickets, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz also picked up as many wickets. Earlier, Afif Hossain smashed an unbeaten 77 off 58 balls to guide Bangladesh to 158-5 against the hosts. The Tigers lost three wickets in the powerplay.

Bangladesh have lost the toss and were sent to bat first in the second Test of the two-match series against the West Indies on Friday at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. Bangladesh included Anamul Haque Bijoy in the playing XI for eight years. He played his last Test at the same venue in 2014.  Read: New Zealand 325-8 against England, 3rd century for Mitchell Mominul Haque, the former Test captain of Bangladesh, has been dropped in this match for his prolonged bad patch with the bat. Bangladesh also dropped the left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman to include the other left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam.  While Bangladesh made two changes, the hosts, West Indies, made one change dropping Gudakesh Motie to include Anderson Phillip. Bangladesh lost the first Test in Antigua by seven wickets. The Tigers are now looking forward to winning this match and ending the series in a draw. This series is a part of the ICC World Test Championship.   Read: Bangladesh aim to bounce back in 2nd Test Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Anamul Haque, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Nurul Hasan(w), Mehidy Hasan, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam West Indies (Playing XI): Kraigg Brathwaite(c), John Campbell, Raymon Reifer, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Da Silva(w), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Anderson Phillip.  

West Indies have won the toss and sent Bangladesh to bat first in the first of the two-match Test series in Antigua Thursday. Bangladesh included left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman in the playing XI. Liton Das will not keep wicket in this match. Nurul Hasan Sohan was added to the playing XI as specialist wicketkeeper. Along with Mustafizur, the other two pacers of Bangladesh are Khaled Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain – both playing their first Test in the West Indies. In this Test, the West Indies are relatively younger compared to Bangladesh. However, the late inclusion of Kemar Roach will be a boost to the hosts. Also Read: Shakib wants to see ‘team performance’ Before this series, Bangladesh took on the West Indies in 18 matches and won only four of them.  The Tigers played eight Tests in the West Indies and won two of them with the last win being in 2018 during their last tour to the Caribbean. Bangladesh will miss the service of batter Mushfiqur Rahim who chose not to take part in this series for personal reasons. Right before the first Test, Bangladesh also lost Yasir Ali Rabbi who suffered a blow on his back that eventually ruled him out of the series. To replace him, Bangladesh recalled Anamul Haque to the Test team after eight years. He will be available to play in the second Test slated to be played on June 24. Bangladesh playing XI Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das, Nurul Hasan (w), Mehdi Hassan, Ebadot Hossain, Khaled Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman West Indies playing XI Kraigg Brathwaite (c), John Campbell, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Da Silva (w), Raymon Reifer, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in the second game of the three-match series against Zimbabwe at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Bangladesh won the toss in their first pink-ball Test against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and opted to bat first.