Australia romp to 3-0 series whitewash

Captain Mitchell Marsh stroked a 28-ball 60 as Australia romped to a 3-0 series victory over Bangladesh with a seven-wicket thrashing in the third and final T20I in Chattogram on Sunday.

Josh Inglis (17), Copper Connolly (15), Tim David (12 not out) and Matt Renshaw (7 not out) played supporting cast as the Aussies chased down 110-run target in 13 overs.

Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Rishad Hossain took one wicket apiece for the Tigers.

The Aussies had won the first match by four wickets and the second one by seven runs -- all three matches played at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium.

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Stand-in skipper Tawhid Hridoy was the lone bright spot in an otherwise lacklustre batting display as Bangladesh could only muster 109 for eight in the third and final T20I against Australia at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram today.

After electing to bat, Bangladesh's batters appeared determined to throw their wickets away, losing three top-order batters inside the Powerplay and slumping to 11 for three in five overs.

Hridoy stood firm amid the collapse, remaining unbeaten on 61 off 51 balls, an innings featuring three fours and three sixes. Apart from Hridoy and Rishad Hossain, who scored 16 off 14 deliveries, no other Bangladesh batter managed to reach double figures.

For Australia, pacer Spencer Johnson was the standout bowler, claiming two wickets for just six runs from his four overs. Fellow pacer Nathan Ellis and leg-spinner Adam Zampa also picked up two wickets apiece.

Having already conceded the series 2-0, Bangladesh are now in danger of suffering a clean sweep at the hands of the visitors.

Bangladesh opt to bat in final T20I against Australia 

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final T20I against Australia at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram today.

The hosts, led by stand-in captain Tawhid Hridoy in the absence of injured regular skipper Litton Das, have made several changes to their playing XI. Nurul Hasan Sohan replaces Soumya Sarkar, while Abdul Gaffar Saqlain and Mustafizur Rahman make way for Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam.

Australia, meanwhile, remain unchanged from the side that won the previous match.

The Tigers will be playing for pride as they look to give the home crowd something to cheer about, having already conceded the series 2-0.

Australia, on the other hand, will aim to complete a clean sweep and finish the tour on a high, especially after suffering a 2-1 defeat in the preceding ODI series.

PLAYING XIs

Bangladesh XI: Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Towhid Hridoy (capt), Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed

Australia XI: Mitchell Marsh (capt), Josh Inglis (wk), Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Matt Renshaw, Nikhil Chaudhary, Joel Davies, Aaron Hardie, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Adam Zampa