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The Australian cricket team has been announced for the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh under the ICC World Test Championship (WTC 2025-27). The Australian selection committee has announced a strong 13-member squad for this home series starting from August 13. The biggest thing is that after recovering from a back injury, regular captain Pat Cummins has returned to the team, which has greatly strengthened the Australian pace attack and captaincy.
‘Dangerous quartet’ together once again, fear among the opponents The pair of four leading bowlers considered to be the backbone of Australian bowling – Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and off-spinner Nathan Lyon are all set to take the field together. Due to injuries, these four veteran bowlers were able to play very few matches together in recent months. Australia’s chief selector George Bailey has confirmed that all these bowlers are fully fit and can play together in the playing eleven against Bangladesh. Scott Boland and all-rounders Beau Webster and Cameron Green have also been included in the team as backup pacers.
Search for a new top-order to replace Usman Khawaja After the retirement of experienced opener Usman Khawaja in January 2026, the Australian team is considering changes in the top-6 batting order. To handle the batting department, players like Travis Head, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis and Jake Weatherald have been included in the 13-member squad. On the other hand, due to poor form and team combination, Michael Neser, spinner Todd Murphy and pacer Brendan Doggett have been shown the way out of the team.
Both matches will be played in Darwin and Mackay. The first Test match between Australia and Bangladesh will be played in Darwin from 13 August, while the second and final Test match of the series will be held at Mackay ground.
Australia No. 1 in Test Championship According to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle data:
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Australia’s position: The Australian team is at the top of the WTC table with 87.50 percent points. The Kangaroo team has won 7 out of its 8 test matches.
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Position of Bangladesh: Bangladesh team is at fourth position in the table with 58.33 percent marks. Out of the 4 matches played so far, it has won 2, lost 1 and 1 match has been drawn.
Australia’s 13-man Test squad against Bangladesh: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon.