IND vs AUS: Is Australia saving its best players for World Cup? Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc ruled out, David Warner rested
Men in Blue are all set to play against Australia ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 which will be held in Australia. BCCI announced the squad for the IND vs AUS T20 series on Monday and Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel will make a comeback for the T20 series against Australia which begins on September 20.
However, one one side where Indian team management is going with their best combination as these series ahead of the World Cup are good for practice and exposure, on the other hand, Australian team management has rested their key players, as it could be their strategy to save their best for the big clashes.
Australia’s key players like Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, David Warner and Mitchel Starc have been rested and given the time to recover from their injuries and become fit for the T20 World Cup which will begin from October 16.
Starc is dealing with a knee in jury, Mitch Marsh with ankle and Stoinis with side injuries as reported by Cricket Australia. Daniel Sams, Nathan Ellis and Sean Abbott have been added to the squad for the India tour.
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IND vs AUS T20 Series Schedules and Venue
First T20 will be played on September 20 in Mohali
Second T20 will be played on September 23 in Nagpur
Third T20 will be played on September 25 in Hyderabad
IND vs AUS T20 Series Squads
Indian Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia squad: Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins (Vice Captain), Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Finch (Captain), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade and Adam Zampa.
