Joel Davies stars on debut as Australia beat Bangladesh in opening T20I

Davies, a left-arm spinner, returned figures of 3-17 in three overs while fellow slow-bowler took 3-18 as the visitors limited the tigers to a total of 131 all out after the hosts elected to bat.

The Bangladesh batting effort failed to fire as top score came from number 8 Mahedi Hasan with 29 not out after the home team slipped to 78-6 inside 12 overs.

Australia's spinners dominated in the first innings with Matt Renshaw also get into the action with 2-26 while another debutant Nikhil Chaudhary took 1-14 in two overs.

Cooper Connolly got the the run-chase off to a rapid start with 47 from 27 balls but the tourists kept losing wickets as continued to take on the home side's slow-bowlers.

Davies completed a good a day out when he was unbeaten on 7 when the winning runs were scored in the 19th overs as Australia took a series lead heading into the remaining games.

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