“Australia Revamps T20I Squad Mid-Series: Six World Cup Champions Released Following Back-to-Back Defeats Against India”

“Australia Overhauls T20I Squad Mid-Series Against India: Six World Cup Winners Released After Consecutive Losses

In a surprising move, Australia has made significant changes to its T20I squad for the remaining three matches against India. Six players from their World Cup-winning team have been released, including stars like Steve Smith, Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis, and Sean Abbott. This decision aims to provide a break to players who have been in India for over two months. Travis Head, the Player of the Match in the World Cup final, is the sole member staying back but is yet to feature in the ongoing T20I series.

Replacements have been named for Inglis, Smith, and Zampa, with Josh Phillippe and Ben McDermott already joining the squad. Ben Dwarshuis and Chris Green are expected to join ahead of the fourth T20I in Raipur. Green is set to make his debut to bolster the squad with a specialist finger spinner.

Australia, trailing 0-2 in the series, is restructuring its lineup after facing defeats against India’s formidable batting unit. David Warner was withdrawn even before the series began. Meanwhile, India remains unchanged for the third match, with Shreyas Iyer becoming available for selection from the next game and assuming the vice-captaincy from Ruturaj Gaikwad. Suryakumar Yadav continues to lead in the absence of Hardik Pandya.”

Updated Australia T20 squad for India series: Matthew Wade (c), Jason Behrendorff, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Chris Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Philippe, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Kane Richardson

India T20 squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Shreyas Iyer (last two matches only).

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