Bangladesh vs Australia 3rd ODI Predictions - Bangladesh look set for a clean sweep over lacklustre Aussies

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Bangladesh sealed the series with big back-to-back wins.
Australia’s top order has failed to fire in the series.
Bangladesh are riding the crest of a wave after winning their fourth ODI series in a row and are well-placed to claim a 3-0 series win.

Bangladesh's Towhid Hridoy has been in the runs (Getty Images).

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Bangladesh vs Australia Predictions

Bangladesh have dominated an Australian side that seems to have no answers to Bangladesh’s well-drilled and in-form side.

Bangladesh vs Australia Predictions
Head-to-Head
Bangladesh Form
Australia Form
Team news

Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy has scored between 30 and 101 in his last 5 innings.
Bangladesh’s Najmul Hossain Shanto has scored 108*, 37, 30, 67 & 41 in 5 knocks.
Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman has figures of 2/30, 5/43, 4/30, 2/24 and 3/27 in his last five matches.
Australia’s Cameron Green has scored 53, 52* & 25 in his last 4 innings.
Australia’s Josh Inglis has scored 51, 65, 19 and 34 in his last 4 knocks.
Australia’s Nathan Ellis has figures of 2/45, 4/33 and 3/38 in his last 5 matches.

Head-to-Head

Bangladesh have won two and lost two of their last five ODI against Australia. The other match was rained-out.

Bangladesh Form

Bangladesh are in great form in the 50-over format, winning their last four ODIs in a row and having just secured a fourth ODI series win on the bounce after taking an unassailable 2-0 series lead against Australia.

Towhid Hridoy is Bangladesh’s in-form batter, having put together scores of 86, 101, 101*, 31 and 40* in his last 5 innings. Najmul Hossain Shanto has also been scoring consistently, racking up innings of 108*, 37, 30, 67 and 41 in his last five matches. Litton Das has scored 126, 69, 43 and 21 in the last month.

Bangladesh had Australia three wickets down without a run on the board at the start of the 2nd ODI, with Taskin Ahmed (2/33), Mustafizur Rahman (3/27) and Tanvir Islam (2/45) bowling superbly to keep their visitors to under 190 off their reduced 42 overs. Tanvir Islam has figures of 2/18, 4/37 and 2/45 in his last four matches, while Mustafizur Rahman has 16 wickets in his last five innings.

Australia Form

Australia are a team in crisis after their early exit from the T20 World Cup and they have lost four of their last five ODIs, including the last three on the bounce.

Josh Inglis (34 off 38) and Cameron Green (25 off 50) helped get Australia’s innings back on track after losing their first three wickets without scoring in the opening two overs. Xavier Bartlett chipped in at number eight with a vital 48-ball score of 52 in partnership with Marnus Labuschagne, who held the innings together in scoring an undefeated 55 off 85 balls.

Five Aussie bowlers each picked up a wicket but it wasn’t enough to deny Bangladesh a series-securing win by five wickets with six overs to spare. Riley Meredith has picked up eight wickets in his last five matches but the Aussies’ in-form bowler is Nathan Ellis, who has picked up 2/45, 4/33 and 3/38 in his last five matches.

Team news

Bangladesh skipper Taskin Ahmed was overjoyed by his side’s great start to the 2nd ODI.

"A beautiful start such as that would always put any opponent under pressure. I think we utilised that advantage we got in the first hour. The ball was seaming in the morning. I think Fizz and I made life easier for everyone by taking those wickets. The pitch got better for batting later, but dominating the first powerplay certainly gives you the upper hand for the rest of the match,” said Ahmed in his post-match interview.

“The best thing about this series win is, nobody can talk about the pitches. It is a great feeling to bowl like that against Australia. We couldn't make sense of it in the middle but we were focused every over. We wanted to get the job done quickly, but they had a good partnership towards the end. Still, it went in our favour."

Bangladesh squad: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Soumya Sarkar, Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tawhid Hridoy, Litton Das, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana.

Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Renshaw, Tanveer Sangha, Liam Scott, Adam Zampa.