Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is not sure whether or not World Cup remaining Man of the Match winner Travis Head can be obtainable for the opening sport of the five-match T20I collection in opposition to India on Thursday. Some of Australia’s title-winning gamers returned house on Wednesday to relaxation for his or her Test collection in opposition to Pakistan, whereas some stayed behind to face the Men in Blue as soon as once more however this time within the T20I format.
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Head is without doubt one of the gamers who has stayed behind however his availability for the collection opener continues to be doubtful on account of health considerations. After returning to Melbourne, Marsh praised the left-handed opener however wasn’t positive whether or not he might function within the opening sport.
“Heady was definitely in the votes. I’m not sure he’ll be playing that game. I’m no selector or coach but if he plays that game it will be a miracle,” Marsh stated as quoted from ESPNcricinfo. He additional went on to speak about his plans earlier than the Pakistan collection and the prospect of dealing with the Asian Giants within the red-ball format and stated, “Tools down for a little while. Get home, see the family, relax, and get ready for the summer. Playing Pakistan who have played some great cricket this year…it’s always an exciting summer.”
Some of the important thing gamers can be lacking from each groups as David Warner, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav can be a number of the notable absentees within the collection.
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 Short, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.Â
