Who will win Bangladesh vs Australia 1st test match?
For all Bangladesh’s talk, Australia are favourites for the test series and will hope to claim victory in the first match. Scheduled to start on August 27, the live action begins at 10.00 local time.
Ban vs Aus 1st test match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Fox Sports
Live streaming: Bet365
Toss Prediction
With the pitch set to deteriorate as the test wears on, and play more to the spinners’ advantage, teams tend to bat first after winning the toss in Bangladesh.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Bangladesh vs Australia first test match.
Bangladesh Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Mominul Haque, who was initially dropped from the Bangladesh squad, was reinstated after Mossadek Hossain suffered an eye infection. Imrul Kayes is set to continue at number three, despite his usual role as an opening batsman, however, meaning Haque will miss out on selection for the final XI. Mahmadullah has been dropped from the test team.
Key Players
Shakib-al-Hasan is currently ranked as the world’s leading all-rounder, and he and explosive opener Tamim Iqbal remain Bangladesh’s star players – as they have been for the best part of a decade now.
Recent Form
Bangladesh drew 1-1 in their most recent test series against Sri Lanka, while last time out at home they also came from behind to draw a two-match series 1-1 against England.
Bangladesh Predicted Playing 11
-
Iqbal, Sarkar, Kayes, S.Rahman, Islam, Shakib-al-Hasan, M.Rahman, Mushfiqur, Miraz, Rahman, Roy
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Mitchell Star is out of the tour to Bangladesh as he rests up ahead of the Ashes. James Pattinson and Hilton Cartwright are included, however, while Stephen O’Keefe’s performances in India have not been enough to earn selection – Ashton Agar and Nathan Lyon are the chosen spinners.
Key Players
Captain Steve Smith scored three centuries in India's most recent test series, in India, and will be the key figure in their batting line-up again in Bangladesh. Nathan Lyon took 19 wickets on that tour, meanwhile, and with spin likely to be key in Bangladesh, he will be an imperative part of Australia's bowling attack
Recent Form
Australia geared up for their tour of Bangladesh with a four-test tour of India, exceeding expectations by pushing the hosts all the way, aided by the batting of Steve Smith and bowling of spinners Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe. Ultimately, however, they succumbed to a 2-1 series defeat.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
-
Warner, Renshaw, Smith, Cartwright, Handscomb, Maxwell, Wade, Agar, Cummins, Lyon, Hazlewood
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Bangladesh: W L L L L
Australia: L D L W W
Bangladesh vs Australia Head to Head
Australia and Bangladesh are playing each other in a test series for the first time in more than a decade. The Aussies have won all four previous test matches against Bangladesh, two at home and two away.
Bangladesh vs Australia 1st Test Betting Odds
Australia are big favourites, despite all of Bangladesh's talk, and while they lost their most recent series against India they played well enough - captain Steve Smith especially - to show they can cope with the conditions in Bangladesh.
Australia are 1.66 to win with Bet365, whereas the hosts are 6.00 with Bet365.
Steve Smith was in supreme form in India, and yet is as high as 3.50 with Bet365 to be the tourist's top batsman in Dhaka.
Bangladesh vs Australia 1st Test Prediction
Bangladesh may be confident going into this series, but talk is cheap - Australia are big favourites, and will fully expect to live up to that tag as they gear up for the Ashes.
Final Verdict: Back Australia to beat Bangladesh at 1.66 with Bet365
Aug 27, 2017
09:30 IST / 4:00 GMT
Sher-e-Bangla - Dhaka, Bangladesh
BAN vs AUS 
Leave Your Comment
We do our best to give you most accurate & useful match predictions and would love to hear from you. Let us know if we need to improve. Share your own predictions for the matches. Let's talk: