Chattogram, June 17 -- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the T20I series opener at Chattogram on Wednesday.

The hosts face a reshuffled leadership as captain Litton Das misses out after suffering a calf muscle tear during the final ODI in Dhaka.

In his absence, middle-order batter Towhid Hridoy takes over as stand-in captain, while Parvez Hossain Emon assumes the wicketkeeping duties.

Bangladesh handed a T20I debut to Abdul Gaffar Saqlain, who joins a red-hot pace unit featuring Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman.

This match also marks the return of all-rounder Soumya Sarkar, playing his first T20I since December 2024.

For Australia, the team management handed international debuts to both Joel Da...