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With the conclusion of IPL 2024, all attention will now be focused on the T20 World Cup 2024. Although it will start from June 2, but practice matches will start even before that. The practice matches are going to start from May 27 and the Indian team will be seen playing its matches on June 1. Meanwhile, if we talk about the Australian team, then difficulties have arisen for it.
a practice match will be played
This time the T20 World Cup starting in June will be held in America and West Indies. The teams have been announced for this. The teams are also starting to go there. The Australian team will be seen playing its practice match against Namibia on 29 May. But the team does not have full 11 players. It has been learned that the team which is currently in America has only 9 players, the rest will go in the near future. Some Australian players were playing IPL in India till 26 May, while the freed players are currently resting. Due to which the team's preparations may get a setback.
The campaign will start from June 5
The Australian team will be seen playing its first match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Oman on June 5. It is being told that the players playing in the IPL have been given rest by their cricket board. This means that many Australian players, who will be playing their first World Cup match, will not be able to participate in the practice matches.
5 players will join the team late night
Pat Cummins, Travis Head and Mitchell Starc played in the IPL final on May 26, while Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green were dropped after the eliminator, but have been rested for the time being. These five players will be directly included in the squad for the World Cup to be held in Barbados where they will face Oman. Meanwhile, there are reports that captain Mitchell Marsh himself will not bowl in the practice matches, as he is recovering from a hamstring injury in the IPL. However, he is ready to play as a batsman in both the matches. Now only nine players are available.