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Melbourne, 6 November (Hindustan Reporter). Australia wicketkeeper Josh Inglis has been named the interim T20 captain for the upcoming series against Pakistan. In the absence of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, he will also captain the third and final ODI in Perth, with Pat Cummins, Steven Smith and Josh Hazlewood all rested.
Cummins, Smith, Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Marnus Labuschagne will miss the third match to finalize preparations for the Border Gavaskar Trophy, while Inglis will take over the reins as captain.
Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson and Josh Philippe have all been included in Australia's squad for the Perth ODI, while Lance Morris remains with the group, having been in Melbourne as cover for Hazlewood for the first ODI when he Playing a Sheffield Shield game for New South Wales. This means Hazlewood will play just one ODI in the series in Adelaide.
The 29-year-old Inglis will become Australia's 14th T20I captain and 30th ODI captain. The board has approved him after the recommendation of the selectors. Marsh, the permanent T20I captain, and Head, who led the team in one game in Marsh's absence in England in September, are both unavailable for the series against Pakistan due to paternity leave and Test preparation.
Test and ODI captain Cummins and Test vice-captain Smith are also not playing in the T20 series to prepare for the Test summer.
Chairman of the selection committee George Bailey said, “Josh is an integral member of the ODI and T20 international teams and is a highly respected player on and off the field. He first played Australia A [प्रधानमंत्री एकादश] and will bring strong strategic skills and a positive attitude to this role. “Josh will get great support from players like Matt Short and Adam Zampa as well as senior players like Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis.”
Inglis was the vice-captain of the Perth Scorchers last season and was a key part of their leadership group. When Ashton Turner suffered a season-ending injury, he was strongly considered to take over the captaincy, but Aaron Hardie was chosen instead, only because time constraints allowed him to name one of his young bowlers as wicketkeeper. -Did not want to keep the captain.
Australia's team for the ODI series against Pakistan: Pat Cummins (captain), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Lance Morris, Josh Philippe, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Australia's team for T20 series against Pakistan: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis (captain), Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short. , Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.