Australia make last minute changes to their squad calling back 6 World Cup squad members back home amid India tour

Cricket Australia has made multiple changes to their squad for the team’s tour of India as only three matches remain in the five-match T20 series. India has already won the first two games by two wickets and 45 runs in Vishakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram respectively and is on their way to sealing the series with victory in the third T20 match against Australia in Guwahati on 28 November. 

Amid the series, The Australian cricket board has called back their 6 World Cup-winning squad members Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa to give them rest after assuring the strategies they had planned were implemented. 

“Part of our series strategy was to experiment with Steve (Smith) at the top, and we’ve successfully had that opportunity. We’re delighted with the proactive approach he’s displayed with the bat; in fact, I couldn’t find any fault in it”, said Australia’s head coach for the T20 series, Andre Borovec. 

Updated Australia T20 squad: Matthew Wade (c), Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Chris Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Kane Richardson

India T20 squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), 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, Shreyas Iyer (last two matches only)

Australia’s tour of India schedule for T20Is 

First T20I: November 23, 7 PM, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ADA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Second T20I: November 26, 7 PM, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Third T20I: November 28, 7 PM, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

Fourth T20I: December 1, 7 PM, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Fifth T20I: December 3, 7 PM, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

IND vs AUS Probable Playing XI: 

India Predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna.

Australia Predicted XI: Travis Head, Matt Short, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Matthew Wade (c), Josh Philippe, Aaron Hardie, Tanveer Sangha, Nathan Ellis, Kane Richardson, Jason Behrendorff.