George Bailey hints at T20 World Cup 2024 spot for new RCB signing

The star Australian all-rounder Cameron Green is predicted to return to the T20I setup and would possibly earn a T20 World Cup 2024 spot as effectively. Australia’s nationwide selector George Bailey confirmed that the new Royal Challengers Bangalore signing is ‘within the combine’ for the World Cup 2024 choice on February 9. 

The 24-year-old has been a daily a part of Australia’s each Test and ODI squads however final performed the T20Is in November 2022. Green has featured in solely eight T20 matches for Australia since making his debut in April 2022 having scored simply 139 runs and brought 5 wickets.

Green additionally misses Australia’s ongoing T20I collection towards West Indies regardless of spectacular performances in ODIs and Tests these days. With the subsequent T20 World Cup solely 5 months away, the administration is trying at finalizing the 15-member squad quickly. 

When requested about Green’s possibilities of making the World Cup spot, Bailey stated that the all-rounder goes into the IPL 2024 and his identify is ‘firmly within the combine’. 

“Yes, very firmly. We know he’s going to go to the IPL and getting a big batch of T20 cricket in,” Bailey stated. “It’s a continuing dialog with multi-format gamers, understanding the precedence at any given time, and ensuring they get what they want however he is definitely one whose identify I feel, as we’re finalising that 15 for the World Cup, can be firmly within the combine.

“There’s a skill set there that’s unbelievable across all three formats. We’re really confident that just continuing to expose him he’ll get better and better and learn more about his game. But like any player, I don’t think it’s going to be a straight line – there’ll be fluctuations throughout, as there always is. His last two years have been a whirlwind, I imagine, at different times. He’s travelled with the team basically non-stop.”

Green, who value INR 17.50 crore to Mumbai Indians, made a sensational debut within the Indian Premier League 2023 by scoring 452 runs at a mean of fifty.22 and a strike charge of 160.28. He was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore previous to the participant public sale in December 2023.