Australia Test captain Pat Cummins won’t go back to India for the ultimate Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Steven Smith will proceed to the Aussies as they search to stage the four-match series.
Cummins returned house after Australia’s 2nd Test defeat in Delhi to be shut to his circle of relatives, with mom Maria position into palliative care in Sydney.
Cummins is due to captain the ODI squad for the three-match series which follows the Tests, however a choice on his participation in this is but to be taken. He had already pulled himself out of this 12 months’s IPL bringing up packed world agenda. Australia will play the ultimate of the 2021-23 World Test Championship (WTC) in June, towards both India or Sri Lanka, sooner than the Ashes – a five-match Test series.
On the different, some other speedy bowler Jhye Richardson has been dominated out of the ODI series towards India, and his IPL stint with Mumbai Indians (MI) could also be in doubt. The 26-year-old reportedly annoyed his hamstring damage, which he first sustained all the way through the 2022-23 Big Bash League (BBL) season.
Nathan Ellis, who has represented Australia in 3 ODIs up to now, will change Richardson in the 16-man squad.
The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will host the series opener on March 17, whilst Vishakapatnam and Chennai are scheduled to play host for the final two video games sooner than the IPL commences on March 31.
Australia’s ODI squad for India excursion:
Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.