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Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup in a major blow to Australia, who announced the squad for the marquee event. Cummins was struggling
with an injury and will not be fit in time for the marquee event. He will be replaced by Ben Dwarshius in Australia squad. More so, Matt Short was left out of the squad, with Australia opting to go with Matt Renshaw. Mitchell Marsh will continue to lead the side in the mega event in India and Sri Lanka. Also Read: T20 World Cup 2026: Full List Of Squads Announced Of All 20 Teams
Australia Full Squad For T20 World Cup 2026
The Australia squad for the T20 World Cup was more or less finalised, and the board stuck to the players who were expected to travel to India and Sri Lanka. Nathan Ellis, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, and Glenn Maxwell, who are not part of the Australian team for the ongoing three-match T20I series in Pakistan, have returned to the squad. Here is the complete breakdown of the Australia squad.Batsmen: Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Tim David, Matt Renshaw
All-Rounders: Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Cooper Connolly
Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Ben Dwarshius, Matt Kuhnemann, Adam Zampa
Australia Schedule For T20 World Cup
Australia are placed in Group B along with Oman, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. They'll open the campaign against Ireland on February 11, and will play Zimbabwe in the second game on February 13. Their third game will be against hosts Sri Lanka on February 16, while the team will take on Oman in the final league game on February 20.Australia T20 World Cup squad: Mitch Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Cooper Connolly, Matt Kuhnemann, Xavier Bartlett
