Steve Smith will lead Australia within the three-match one-day worldwide collection starting later this week after Australia confirmed Pat Cummins wouldn’t return to India after lacking the ultimate two Tests.
Smith had led the Test facet in Australia’s last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which ended 2-1 in favour of the host.
Cummins left the tour after the second Test in Delhi to look after his mom Maria, who died from breast most cancers final week.
“Pat won’t be coming back, he’s still taking care of what’s happened back home,” coach Andrew McDonald stated. “Our thoughts are with Pat and his family as they go through that grieving process.”
The quick bowler – already Australia’s Test captain – changed earlier ODI skipper Aaron Finch, who retired from the format final yr.
Cummins’ first sport as ODI captain was in opposition to England in a three-match collection starting in November 2022. Cummins has not been changed within the 15-man squad, however Nathan Ellis was just lately recalled after Jhye Richardson withdrew as a result of a hamstring surgical procedure.
Squads
Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ok L Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com