Aaron Finch will be seen commanding the team on the tour of West Indies and Bangladesh. Due to the absence of big names, space has also been created for many new players in the team.
Australia announces squad for West Indies and Bangladesh tour
Australia has announced the squad for its two tours starting next month. This tour will be of West Indies and Bangladesh. The same team has been selected for both these tours to be held for the White Ball Series. For two tours, 18 players have been given place in the team. However, the non-selection of some big names at first glance seems a shocking decision by Cricket Australia. Aaron Finch will be seen commanding the team on the tour of West Indies and Bangladesh. Due to the absence of big names, space has also been created for many new players in the team.
The Australian team will first tour the West Indies. This tour will take place in July. There will be a series of first 5 T20 matches on this tour, which will start from July 9 and will run till July 17. Then after that the ODI series will start. The series of 3 ODIs will be played from July 21 to July 25. As soon as the Caribbean tour is over, the Australian team will leave for the Bangladesh tour, whose schedule is yet to come.
‘Maharathi’ missing from 18-member team
However, in the 18-man squad that has been selected for these two tours, players like Pat Cummins, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis have not been selected. Smith has an elbow injury. So the rest of the players have withdrawn from these two tours to take a break from the biobubble atmosphere. Apart from these five, Jhye Richardson and Kane Richardson have also not been selected for this tour. Both of them have also withdrawn from the tour to take a break from the bio bubble.
Master outside then new player inside
However, in the absence of these players, some new players have been given a place in the team. The names of such players include Wes Agar and Ben McDermott. At the same time, some players have got a chance to prove their talent again.
Australia squad for West Indies and Bangladesh:
Aaron Finch, Aston Agar, Wes Agar, Mitchell Starc, Alex Carey, Jason Behrendoff, Josh Hazlewood, Dan Christian, Moses Henriques, Mitchell Marsh, Riley Meredith, Josh Phillippe, Ben McDermott, Mitchell Sweepson, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa
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