Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is not sure whether or not World Cup closing Man of the Match winner Travis Head shall be out there for the opening recreation of the five-match T20I sequence in opposition to India on Thursday. A few of Australia’s title-winning gamers returned dwelling on Wednesday to relaxation for his or her Take a look at sequence in opposition to Pakistan, whereas some stayed behind to face India as soon as once more however this time within the T20I format. Head is among the gamers who has stayed behind however his availability for the sequence opener remains to be doubtful on account of health considerations.
After returning to Melbourne, Marsh praised the left-handed opener however wasn’t certain whether or not he may characteristic within the opening recreation.
“Heady was undoubtedly within the votes. I am unsure he’ll be enjoying that recreation. I am no selector or coach but when he performs that recreation it will likely be a miracle,” Marsh mentioned as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
He additional went on to speak about his plans earlier than the Pakistan sequence and the prospect of dealing with the Asian Giants within the red-ball format and mentioned, “Instruments down for a short while. Get dwelling, see the household, loosen up, and prepare for the summer season. Taking part in Pakistan who’ve performed some nice cricket this yr…it is at all times an thrilling summer season.”
A few of the key gamers shall be lacking from each groups as David Warner, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav shall be a few of the notable absentees within the sequence.
India Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
Australia T20 squad: Matthew Wade (c), Aaron Hardie, Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Quick, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
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