Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021

Although initially Australia were scheduled to play three T20I matches in October 2021, in April 2021, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) asked Cricket Australia to play five T20Is instead of three.[17] In May 2021, both cricket boards agreed to play five T20Is in August 2021, following Australia's tour of the West Indies.[18][19]

To avoid any sort of security or health risks, Cricket Australia requested three conditions of the BCB.[20] Firstly they wanted the Australian players and staff to be taken to the team hotel from the Shahjalal International Airport immediately upon arrival, and secondly they wanted only the Australian players, including the individuals concerned to bio-secure bubble, to remain at the hotel.[21] The BCB also wanted to organise the T20I matches in two venues, Mirpur and Chattagram to prevent the pitch from being hampered. However, Cricket Australia have requested that only one venue should be used for the entire series.[22] The BCB later complied with the request, with all five matches scheduled to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.[23] On 22 July 2021, the dates for the matches were confirmed.[24] The series was not shown live in Australia due to a lack of a deal with broadcasters.[25] It was the first time since the team's tour of Pakistan in 1994 that an overseas tour was not shown on Australian television.[26]

T20Is
Bangladesh[27]	Australia[28]
Mahmudullah (c) Nasum Ahmed Taskin Ahmed Litton Das (wk) Mahedi Hasan Nurul Hasan (wk) Shakib Al Hasan Afif Hossain Mosaddek Hossain Rubel Hossain Shamim Hossain Shoriful Islam Taijul Islam Mohammad Mithun Mohammad Naim Mustafizur Rahman Mohammad Saifuddin Soumya Sarkar	Aaron Finch (c) Matthew Wade (c, wk) Ashton Agar Wes Agar Jason Behrendorff Alex Carey (wk) Dan Christian Nathan Ellis Josh Hazlewood Moises Henriques Mitchell Marsh Riley Meredith Ben McDermott Josh Philippe Mitchell Starc Mitchell Swepson Ashton Turner Andrew Tye Adam Zampa

On 27 May 2021, Australia named a 23-man preliminary squad for the tour with Aaron Finch being named as their captain.[29] On 8 June 2021, six more players were added to Australia's preliminary squad,[30] with Australia confirming the final squad on 16 June 2021.[31] Tanveer Sangha and Nathan Ellis were named as reserve players.[32] Ellis was later moved up to Australia's full squad, covering for Riley Meredith.[33] On 25 July 2021, Australia's captain Aaron Finch was ruled out of the tour due to an injury.[34] The next day, Litton Das was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to a family matter.[35] On 2 August 2021, Cricket Australia named Matthew Wade as the team captain in Finch's absence.[36]

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