Australia won the toss and chose to field against Bangladesh in the match of ICC Cricket World Cup at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Saturday.
Already out of the semifinal race, which was their primary goal, Bangladesh’s only target is to keep the Champions Trophy alive. And it looked all likely following Sri Lanka’s five-wicket defeat to New Zealand but yet not officially confirmed.
Bangladesh’s Champions Trophy hopes only could be ruined if Netherlands win its match against India and the Tigers themselves suffer defeat to Australia in extremely big margin.
Along with hosts Pakistan, top eight teams of the World Cup will take part in the Champions Trophy.
Bangladesh began the tournament with a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan but thereafter their performance took a huge nosedive as they lost six matches on the trot to be eliminated from the semifinal race.
As everything looked gloomy for them, they found their form in the match against Sri Lanka, which they eventually won by three wickets to keep the Champions Trophy hopes alive.
Australia XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Bangladesh XI: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman