{"id":178358,"date":"2026-06-08T18:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178358"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:37:56","slug":"ban-vs-aus-odi-series-preview-upbeat-bangladesh-seeks-upset-against-depleted-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178358","title":{"rendered":"BAN vs AUS, ODI Series Preview: Upbeat Bangladesh seeks upset against depleted Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71076235\">Bangladesh wants to seize a rare opportunity against a depleted Australia, captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz said on Monday on the eve of a three-match ODI series.<\/p>\n<p>However, stand-in Australia skipper Josh Inglis insisted his young squad was ready to bounce back after Pakistan beat Australia 2-1 in an ODI series this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great challenge and a big opportunity\u2014we haven\u2019t played Australia for a long time,\u201d Mehidy said before the first match at Mirpur on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is in good form&#8230; If we can perform at our best, we can get a result,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Australia arrived without captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, and Inglis acknowledged that their absence hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Both players also missed Australia\u2019s defeat in Pakistan last week, with Marsh nursing an ankle injury and Head on personal leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that a few younger guys are getting some experience in these conditions,\u201d Inglis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a World Cup on the horizon, so being able to look at different combinations before then is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has won just one of 22 ODIs against Australia. However, Mehidy said their confidence was high after winning three successive series against West Indies, Pakistan and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Home conditions would also play to their strengths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMirpur doesn\u2019t have to mean a bad wicket,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we can win on good wickets, it builds confidence\u2014and that\u2019s important with the World Cup coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inglis, who played IPL cricket in India this year, said Australia would reserve judgment on the surface until closer to the toss.<\/p>\n<p>He said conditions could be more seam-friendly than expected based on Bangladesh\u2019s recent home series against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll do our homework, look at the games played here recently, and make a judgment,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re ready for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both captains flagged Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain as a potential match-winner.<\/p>\n<p>Inglis, whose side includes several players familiar with Rishad through the Big Bash League, said Australia would prepare for him carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a very good bowler\u2014we\u2019ll definitely be having some conversations about him,\u201d Inglis said.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh and Australia play three ODIs on June 9, 11 and 14 and then play three T20s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 08, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ban-vs-aus-odi-series-preview-squads-bangladesh-upset-depleted-australia-mehidy-miraz-josh-inglis\/article71076235.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh wants to seize a rare opportunity against a depleted Australia, captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz said on Monday on the eve of a three-match ODI series. However, stand-in Australia skipper Josh Inglis insisted his young squad was ready to bounce back after Pakistan beat Australia 2-1 in an ODI series this month. \u201cThis is a &#8230; <a title=\"BAN vs AUS, ODI Series Preview: Upbeat Bangladesh seeks upset against depleted Australia\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178358\" aria-label=\"Read more about BAN vs AUS, ODI Series Preview: Upbeat Bangladesh seeks upset against depleted Australia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780961876_image2021.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178384,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178384","url_meta":{"origin":178358,"position":0},"title":"No Marsh, No Head: Australia Forced Into Major Squad Shake-Up for Bangladesh Tour","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head have been ruled out of Australia\u2019s three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, with Josh Inglis set to lead the side. 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