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Matthew Wade to captain Australia for five-match T20I collection in Bangladesh

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Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade will captain Australia for the five-match Twenty20 collection towards Bangladesh which begins Tuesday in Dhaka.
Regular captain Aaron Finch left the Australian bio-secure bubble for his or her excursions of the Caribbean and Bangladesh, flying residence from Barbados to have a minor surgical process on his injured proper knee.
Cricket Australia stated Monday that Finch hopes to be match for the T20 World Cup in India from Oct. 17 to Nov. 14.
Alex Carey took over for Finch within the latest one-day internationals towards the West Indies, a collection which Australia gained 2-1. Carey may nonetheless play towards Bangladesh as a specialist batter, as he did in Australia’s latest T20 4-1 collection defeat to the West Indies in St Lucia.
Wade has captained extensively at home degree with Victoria, Tasmania and the Hobart Hurricanes.
The 5 matches are compressed into lower than per week, with different video games set for Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and subsequent Monday, all on the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
SQUADS
Australia: Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Dan Christian, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade (captain), Adam Zampa. Travel reserves: Nathan Ellils, Tanveer Sangha.
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh, Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Shaif Uddin, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Mithun, Taijul Islam, Musaddek Hossain Saikat, Rubel Hossain.