Tigers post 131 after display of reckless batting

Bangladesh lost a steady stream of wickets to Joel Davis, Adam Zampa, and Matt Renshaw throughout the innings

A reckless batting display has left Bangladesh to defend a total of 132 in the first T20 International against Australia in Chattogram.

The Tigers won the toss and opted to bat, tearing out the gates early to find a few early boundaries on Wednesday.

But the swift start ran aground when Tanzid Hasan (10) slashed at a delivery from pacer Spencer Johnson, lofting it to Bartlett in the field.

A couple of overs later, Tanzid was joined by his opening partner Saif Hassan (20), who attempted a slog sweep but only managed a leading edge to Matt Renshaw at mid-off.

The wickets fell at a steady clip after that, with the occasional boundary breaking up the careless shot selection.

Only Mahedi Hasan, who ended the innings undefeated with 29 off 22 deliveries, found any consistency with the bat.

Debutant Joel Davies (3-17) emerged as the best of the bowlers, while Zampa (3-18) and Matt Renshaw (2-22) chipped in to restrict the Tigers.

Zampa also picked up his 150th wicket in T20Is by picking off Shoriful Islam in the 17th over.

Bangladesh will be on the hunt for early wickets to destabilise the visitors and take a lead in the three-match T20I series.