David Warner. File
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Australia opener David Warner has been withdrawn from the Twenty20 series against India after starring on the 50-over World Cup.
The lefthander was Australia’s main scorer with 535 runs at a median of 48.63 throughout their run to a sixth World Cup title in India.
“Selectors decided Warner would return home on the back of a successful yet demanding World Cup campaign,” Cricket Australia stated in a press release on November 21.
Emerging Western Australian all-rounder Aaron Hardie has changed Warner within the squad after making his ODI and T20 International debuts through the current tour of South Africa.
Warner hopes to complete his Test profession at his house Sydney Cricket Ground against Pakistan in January however has put his hand up for extra worldwide white-ball cricket, with the T20 World Cup developing subsequent 12 months.
Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins and fellow quick bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc are additionally heading house from India together with all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh.
Matthew Wade will captain the squad for the five-match series which begins on Nov. 23 at Vishakhapatnam.
Fast bowler Kane Richardson has been referred to as up as a substitute for the injured Spencer Johnson.
Just seven of Australia’s World Cup-winning squad will play the T20s, whereas head coach Andrew McDonald may also skip the series, handing the reins to stand-in Andre Borovec.
