Bangladesh vs Australia 2017: 5 reasons why Bangladesh can humble Australia

#2 A strong bowling unit

Bangladesh have a pretty formidable bowling unit

Bangladesh have a strong batting department without a shadow of a doubt but the Tigers will be heavily relying on their bowling as well which consists of a lot of talented players. The experienced Shakib al Hasan already brings a lot into the spin department and Bangladesh have two other brilliant spinners in Taijul Islam and Mehedi Hasan Miraz.

The 25-year old Taijul Islam has already taken three five-wicket hauls in eight Tests that include the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh bowler of 8/39 against Zimbabwe in 2014. Islam’s spell is also the third best spell by a left-arm bowler in Tests. The 19-year old Mehedi Hasan Miraz took the cricketing world by storm through his two six-wicket spells in both innings against England at Dhaka last year.

Bangladesh’s fast bowling unit is also quite formidable with the likes of Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman, both of whom are capable of taking a lot of wickets. Hence, Bangladesh have a good enough bowling attack on paper which can easily give the likes of Smith, Warner, and Maxwell a tough time.