Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh named in squad for ODI series vs India

Further,
the
trio
of
David
Warner,
Ashton
Agar
and
captain
Pat
Cummins
who
have
travelled
back
to
Australia
–
have
also
been
named.
Warner
suffered
a
hairline
fracture
in
his
knee,
Agar
went
back
to
feature
in
the
Sheffield
Shield
Trophy,
while
Cummins
had
to
rush
home
due
to
a
serious
family
illness.
However,
he
is
expected
to
return
before
the
start
of
third
Test
in
Indore
from
March
1.

Notably,
out-of-form
David
Warner
has
been
named
in
the
squad
despite
an
injury
which
forced
him
to
return
back
home
after
the
second
Test
in
Delhi.
Senior
pacer
Josh
Hazlewood,
on
the
other
hand,
has
been
omitted
as
he
continues
to
recover
from
an
Achilles
injury.

The
likes
of
Maxwell,
Marsh,
Warner,
Richardson,
Hazlewood,
Adam
Zampa,
Cameron
Green
and
Marcus
Stoinis
will
stay
in
India
after
the
ODI
series
for
IPL
2023.
Pace
spearheads
Cummins
and
Mitchell
Starc
are
skipping
the
lucrative
tournament
due
to
the
busy
schedule.

The
ODI
series
will
be
an
opportunity
for
the
Australians
to
figure
their
team
composition
and
prepare
themselves
for
the
World
Cup
in
India
later
this
year.
They
play
one
more
bilateral
series
against
India
in
September,
just
ahead
of
the
marquee
event.

“With
the
World
Cup
just
over
seven
months
away,
these
matches
in
India
are
an
important
step
in
our
preparation,”
chief
selector
George
Bailey
has
said.

“Glenn,
Mitchell
and
Jhye
are
all
important
players
in
what
we
think
the
squad
might
look
like
come
October,”
he
added.

The
ODI
matches
will
be
played
on
March
17
(Mumbai),
March
19
(Vizag)
and
March
22
(Chennai).

Australia
ODI
squad:

Pat
Cummins
(c),
Sean
Abbott,
Ashton
Agar,
Alex
Carey,
Cameron
Green,
Travis
Head,
Josh
Inglis,
Marnus
Labuschagne,
Mitchell
Marsh,
Glenn
Maxwell,
Jhye
Richardson,
Steve
Smith,
Mitchell
Starc,
Marcus
Stoinis,
David
Warner,
Adam
Zampa