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Australia tour of Pakistan (Image credits- Twitter)
Cricket Australia has given clearance for the players to join their Indian franchises from the 6th of April. Their tour to Pakistan is scheduled to end on the 5th of April. The players need to be available for the series, despite some of them being rested for the white-ball series.
Players like David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Glenn Maxwell are the players who have been rested for the white-ball series against Australia. These players will also be a part of the Indian T20 League. Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis are the players that have been selected for the tour and will also play in the ITL. However, they are likely to miss the first few games of ITL due to the Pakistan series.
“Yes, we have granted NoCs to our players to be available for their franchises from April 6 in the IPL. The players can be available only after the Pakistan tour concludes," a source was quoted by My Khel.
This is the first occasion in the previous 24 years that an Australian team will visit Pakistan. They last visited Pakistan in 1998. For the Test series, a complete team has been named, but several crucial players have been rested for the ODIs and T20s.
Australia's chair of the selection committee, George Bailey said they picked the squad keeping 2023 World Cup in mind, “We have picked a talented and versatile squad with a number of challenges to juggle, including the tour structure of predominantly 50 over games, management of several multi-format players in the medium to long term; and our need to build experience and depth in preparation for two short-form World Cups within the next 18 months.
“We’re confident the squad can both compete successfully on this tour and continue our progress towards those crucial tournaments.”
Australia’s ODI and T20 squad:
Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.