Two Australian players will not play in the West Indies T20 series. (Photo-Izhar Khan/Nurphoto Via Getty Images)
The third and last Test match between West Indies and Australia will be played in Kingston. The Australian team has already captured the series by winning the first two Test matches. Now in the third Test, she will come down with the intention of cleaning the hosts' soup. After this, the visiting team will play in the five -match T20I series against the West Indies. It will start from July 21. Australia announced its team for this series. In this, two big changes have been made to them. Australian captain Pat Cummins has been rested. Apart from this, the bowlers who made Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) champions have also not been included in the team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Hazlewood out of the team
Australia has declared its team for the five -match T20I series starting on July 21 against the West Indies. Mitchell Marsh has been made the captain of the Australia team in place of Pat Cummins. Pat Cummins and fast bowler Josh Hazlewood have been rested for this series. Josh Hazlewood performed brilliantly for RCB in IPL 2025 and played an important role in making the team champion.
Hazlewood played 12 matches in IPL 2025. During this, he took 22 wickets. Apart from this, he has played 52 T20I matches. In which he has taken 67 wickets. Hazelwood is currently busy playing Test cricket against West Indies. He has taken 11 wickets in the last two Tests.
Marsh will be captained instead of Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins has been rested for the T20 series against the West Indies. All -rounder Mitchell Marsh has been made the captain of the team in place of Cummins. Cummins has also withdrawn his name for the White Ball Series against South Africa. They want to keep themselves fully fit for the Ashes 2025-26 and that is why he has taken this important decision. Mitchell Oven and Matt Kuhnemann have been included in the Australia team for the first time.
Australia team squad
Mitchell Marsh (Captain), Sean Abbott, Cooper Conoli, Tim David, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardy, Josh English, Spencer Johnson, Matt Kuhneman, Glenn Maxwell, Michel Oven, Matthew short, Adam Jampa.
