Cricket Australia (CA) has rested its Test players ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India. The CA selection committee on Monday announced the squad for the T20 series against Pakistan. The captain of this team has not been announced, the name of the team captain will be decided soon.
The Australian team is scheduled to play the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India from November 22, which is very important from the World Test Championship point of view. In such a situation, the Australian selectors have decided to give rest to the Test players. The Australian team will play a 3-match T-30 series against Pakistan starting from November 14. Which will end on November 18.
AUS Vs PAK T-20 Series Schedule
Bartlett, Ellis and Johnson return to the team. Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis and Spencer Johnson are back. At the same time, captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are unavailable for selection. Marsh and Head will also not play in the ODI series.
Captaincy potential in many players: George Bailey Chairman of the Australian team selection committee, George Bailey said the decision on the captaincy will be made before the series. He said: “I think many players have the ability to be captain and some have experience in that area as well. We will work on this.
Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Matthew Short and Aaron Hardy, who have been BBC captains, are the contenders for the national team captaincy. Josh Inglis is also a strong candidate due to his leadership and tactical skills, being considered the vice-captain of the Perth Scorchers.
Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Matthew Short and Aaron Hardie captained the BBL.
Borovec and Hodge will also take over, followed by assistant coach Andre Borovec. He was with the team during Australia’s 5-match T20 series against India in October last year. Former Australian batsman Brad Hodge may also join the team as an assistant coach. Hodge toured with the T20 World Cup squad in June as a coaching consultant.
T20 squad against Australia: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connelly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jack Fager-McGurk, Aaron Hardy, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa.
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Mohammad Rizwan was named Pakistan captain
The Pakistan Cricket Board has named Mohammad Rizwan as captain for the T20 and ODI series against Australia. PCB announced the team on October 27. Former captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah are back in this team. A few days ago, Babar quit as captain of the team due to poor performances.