- A 5-match Border Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia. It will start from 22 November in Perth. But, before that, news is coming out that this wicketkeeper batsman has been made the captain…
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Border Gavaskar Trophy: Border Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia. But, before that, the news is in discussions that captain Rohit Sharma may miss the initial matches due to personal reasons. After the defeat at Wankhede, captain Hitman was also asked a question about this, to which he gave a vague answer and hinted that he may be out of the Perth Test. Meanwhile, big information is coming out from the Border Gavaskar Trophy that the board suddenly handed over the captaincy to this wicketkeeper batsman.
Captain changed before Border Gavaskar Trophy
Before the Border Gavaskar Trophy, the Australian team is playing a 3-match ODI series with Pakistan in their country. In the first match of this series, Australia won by 2 wickets under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. The second match of this series will be played in Adelaide on 8 November. But, before the ODI, big news has come out that wicketkeeper batsman Josh Inglis has been appointed as the Australian captain for the third ODI and T20 series against Pakistan.
Josh Inglis appointed as Australian captain for the 3rd ODI and the T20i series Vs Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/N0IuNIV0T9
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 6, 2024
Australia took a big decision because of this
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Pat Cummins will be seen captaining Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The team performed very well under his captaincy. Last year, Australia won the title by defeating India in the WTC final. At the same time, the reason behind his exclusion from the second and third ODIs against Pakistan is being told that Cummins has started preparing for the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Apart from them, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Steve Smith, all these players will be out of the third match of the ODI series. Australia Cricket made a big change and called fast bowlers Spencer Johnson and Xavier Bartlett, while on the other hand, Australia can try its bench players against Pakistan in the ODI series.
Australia ODI Team: Pat Cummins (Captain, first two matches), Josh Inglis (Captain, third match), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett (third match only), Cooper Connolly, Jack Fraser McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood (second match only), Spencer Johnson (third match only), Marnus Labuschagne (first two matches only), Glenn Maxwell, Lance Morris, Josh Phillipe (third match only), Matthew Short, Steve Smith (first two matches only), Mitchell Starc (first two matches), Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Australia T20 squad: Josh Inglis (captain), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa