Australia team has been announced for the T20 World Cup 2024 to be played in West Indies and America. The Australian Cricket Board announced the 15-member squad on Wednesday. Mitchell Marsh will captain the team. Marsh has led Australia in three T20 International series as captain in the last 12 months. Star batsman Steve Smith has not got a place in the team.
Australia's 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup includes Mitchell Marsh (captain), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc. Are. , Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Mitchell Marsh has been promoted to the full-time T20 captaincy position. Marsh has been serving as the interim captain of Australia's T20 team for the last 12 months. T20 World Cup will be his first major tournament as captain. After getting the captaincy, Marsh said that it is an honor to play for his country. Now it is an even bigger honor to lead the team in the World Cup. We have had some strong successes in recent times and I hope that continues as an open tournament.
Let us tell you that this year's T20 World Cup will be played in America and West Indies from June 2. The tournament will run till June 29. Australia will play its first match against Oman on 6 June. On June 8, the team will face England and on June 12 and 16, the team will face Namibia and Scotland.