{"id":181886,"date":"2026-06-17T22:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181886"},"modified":"2026-06-17T22:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:36:01","slug":"aus-v-ban-1st-t20i-spinners-zampa-and-davies-shine-as-australia-beats-bangladesh-in-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181886","title":{"rendered":"AUS v BAN, 1st T20I: Spinners Zampa and Davies shine as Australia beats Bangladesh in opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71114105\">Slow bowlers Adam Zampa and Joel Davies claimed three wickets apiece to lead Australia to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Wednesday in the opening game of their three-match T20 series.<\/p>\n<p>Leg-spinner Nikhil Chaudhary, the first India-born male cricketer to represent Australia in 60 years, also bagged a wicket as Bangladesh was bowled out for 131 in 19 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Connolly, who struck 149 to help Australia win the last ODI by one wicket and avoid a three-match series sweep against Bangladesh, hit 47 with four fours and three sixes to guide his side to 133-6 in 18.2 overs.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/australia-vs-bangladesh-live-score-highlights-women-t20-world-cup-2026-commentary-aus-w-v-ban-w\/article71112829.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AUS-W vs BAN-W Highlights, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Australia thrashes Bangladesh by nine wickets<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He stayed composed after Australia lost Mitchell Marsh, back after missing the ODIs because of an ankle injury, and fellow opener Josh Inglis in quick succession.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Gaffar grabbed a debut wicket when he had Connolly caught after having shared a 40-run stand with Tim David (20) for the third wicket. The left-arm paceman ended up with figures of 2-32.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh was led by Tawhid Hriody after Litton Das was ruled out because of a calf injury he sustained during the third ODI.<\/p>\n<p>Hridoy won the toss and elected to bat first but no Bangladesh batters provided any resistance against a disciplined Australia spin attack.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh was 39-1 in the fifth over but Zampa and Davies then triggered a collapse as the home team lost seven wickets for 60 runs.<\/p>\n<p>The second T20 is on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/australia-beat-bangladesh-1st-t20i-zampa-davies-connolly-nikhil-chaudhary\/article71114105.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slow bowlers Adam Zampa and Joel Davies claimed three wickets apiece to lead Australia to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Wednesday in the opening game of their three-match T20&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181887,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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-181886","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\/image2096.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179380,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179380","url_meta":{"origin":181886,"position":0},"title":"BAN vs AUS, 2nd ODI: Bangladesh seals historic series victory with five-wicket win over Australia","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Bangladesh secured a landmark series victory over a second-string \u200bAustralian side with a composed chase \u200cin a rain-affected second One-Day \u200bInternational in Dhaka on \u2060Thursday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match contest. 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