Australia captain Pat Cummins may be out of the Champions Trophy starting on February 19. Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald has given a big update about Cummins’ fitness. Steve Smith or Travis Head can be given the command of the team if Pat Cummins is out. Earlier, Australian all -rounder Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy to be held next month due to the back.
Head coach Andrew McDonald told Sen that Pat Cummins could not resume any kind of bowling. This means that we will need a new captain. Steve Smith and Travis Head are two players, which we are talking to. While we are forming the Champions Trophy team together with Pat, they are two players that we will see for the post of leadership.
He further said that these are both. Steve has performed well in the Test match here. He has also done well in ODI cricket. So it is between these two. Melbourne and Hazlewood, who were out of Sydney Test due to injury, are not in the Sri Lanka tour team but are part of the 15 -member initial team for the Champions Trophy. However, he also has suspense on playing in the tournament. Any team will have to announce their final team for the ICC Champions Trophy by 12 February.
Australian team- Alex Carrie (wicketkeeper), Travis Head, Josh English, Marnas Labushane, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Aaron Hardy, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (Captain), Nathon Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Michel Starc, Adam Jampa.
