Steve Smith to lead Australia in ODI series against India | Cricket News – Act Daily News

Steve Smith will proceed to steer Australia within the white-ball leg of the group’s India tour, after Pat Cummins, who misplaced his mom to sickness lately, determined to remain again house to be together with his household.
Cummins had flown again to Australia earlier than the beginning of the third Test and missed two of the 4 matches within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which India gained 2-1 after the fourth Test in Ahmedabad resulted in a draw.
Smith captained India within the final two Tests within the absence of Cummins and led the the group to a comeback win in Indore, after the guests had misplaced badly in Nagpur and Delhi to go 2-0 down.
“Our thoughts are with Pat and his family as they go through that grieving process,” head coach Andrew McDonald mentioned as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

There is not any substitute for Cummins within the squad. Nathan Ellis was referred to as up as a substitute for Jhye Richardson, who suffered one other recurrence of his hamstring damage.
Smith has captained Australia in a complete of 51 ODIs.
Leaving apart the absence of fast bowlers within the type of Cummins and injured Josh Hazlewood, Australia have chosen a full-strength squad for the sequence with an goal to organize for 50-over World Cup, which might be held in October-November this 12 months in India.
“We have got a couple conversations around the balance of the team we want to play,” McDonald mentioned. “We have gone in with a structure with eight batters to bat a little bit deeper, we have tried that. So there will be a mix of combinations as we lead into the World Cup.

“A variety of allrounders (have been) picked within the squad and so they can all play within the one group. So now we have obtained to reply a couple of of these questions.”
Maxwell is returning to the side after suffering a freak leg injury last November. A cautious approach is likely to be taken with him.
David Warner is fit once again after suffering an elbow injury during the Test series against India and Mitchell Marsh is also in line to return from an ankle surgery, which disrupted his home season following the T20 World Cup last year.
Ashton Agar is also back in India after a fall down the pecking order among the Test spinners. He made a statement by taking 5 for 64 for Western Australia in the recent Marsh Cup final.

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Australia ODI squad: David Warner, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa
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