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Australia decided to release six out of their seven World Cup-winning squad members from the ongoing five-match T20I series against India. CricketAustralia.com.au reported that Steve Smith and Adam Zampa have already flown back home while Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis and Sean Abbott will return home on Wednesday after the the third T20I at Guwahati on Tuesday. The decision was taken to give a breather to the players who have been in India for more than two months now. Most of these players were also a part of Australia’s ODI squad that played a three-match series against India in the lead-up to the World Cup.
Travis Head is the only member of Australia’s World Cup-winning squad who will stay back for the remaining matches of this T20I series. Head, the Player of the Match in the World Cup final, is yet to feature in this series.
The left-handed opening batter is set to open the batting from the third T20I itself.
As far as replacements in the T20I squad are concerned, wicketkeeper-batter Josh Phillippe and big-hitter Ben McDermott have already linked up with the squad in Guwahati and are available for selection.
Ben Dwarshuis and off-spinner Chris Green are likely to join the squad on Wednesday ahead of the fourth T20I in Raipur.
Green is all set to make his debut in the fourth T20I after the Australian team management felt the need to include a specialist finger spinner in their squad.
Updated Australia T20 squad for India series: Matthew Wade (c), Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Chris Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Kane Richardson
(This is a developing story. More details to follow…)
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