Australia Announced 15-member Squad T20 World Cup 2024: Australia has revealed their 15-member squad for T20 World Cup 2024 at the West Indies and the USA on Wednesday, May 1.
The most awaited ICC tournament will start from June 1. The defending champions will led by the Mitchell Marsh.
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Australian legendary batsmen Steve Smith will miss the tournament, asowing to poor performance in T20 format.
Young Australian dangeours batsmen Jake-Fraser McGurk, who is sitting the ongoing IPL on fire with his dynamic batting at the top of the order for DC.
While, All-rounder Cameron Green and Ashton Agar made the squad despite not playing in a single T20I for more than a year.
“It’s been an immense privilege to play for my country and now an even greater honor to lead the squad to a World Cup. We have had some strong success in recent times and I am hopeful that will continue in what looks like a wide-open tournament,” said Marsh as quoted by Cricket.com.au.
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Australia have been in terrific T20I form, winning three of their last four series, including the last two against New Zealand and the West Indies.
Team’s powerful middle order features Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, and Matthew Wade. David Warner and Travis Head likely to open. However, bowling attack is similar to the one that helped the Aussies clinhc the title in the 50-over WC 2023.
“Being constrained to a squad of 15 for World Cups is always a challenge given the different scenarios and options we’d like to cover. We will continue monitoring several players who have missed out on this preliminary squad and note that if we wish to change this squad, we have the option to do so over the coming weeks in accordance with ICC regulations.”
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“It’s great to have Ashton Agar back into the squad following a spate of unfortunate and untimely injuries. We believe Ashton can play a critical role in this tournament along with Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Cam Green, and Mitch Marsh in complementing our front-line attack options,” he added.
Australians begin their 2024 T20 World Cup campaign against Oman at Barbados on June 5.
Australia Squad for T20 World Cup 2024:
David Warner
Travis Head
Mitchell Marsh
Josh Inglis
Glenn Maxwell
Marcus Stoinis
Cameron Green
Ashton Agar
Pat Cummins
Tim David
Nathan Ellis
Josh Hazlewood
Mitchell Starc
Matthew Wade
Adam Zampa
(With Input From Sportskeeda)
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