27 May,2024 08:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Travis Head (Pic: File Pic)
As the T20 World Cup 2024 is inching closer, Australian stars Pat Cummins, Travis Head and Mitchell Starc will miss the warm-up matches as they will travel back home to take a short break before the marquee event.
After featuring in the IPL 2024 finals, Cummins, Head and Starc will travel back home before joining Australia's T20 World Cup 2024 squad. Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green returned to Australia following the Royal Challengers Bengaluru's defeat.
Australia will begin their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with a game against Oman on June 5 for which the above-mentioned players are expected to join the Aussies squad.
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"It's important to be flexible. Guys have been at the IPL. They've been playing a lot of cricket so we've prioritized giving them a couple of days at home, see their family, refresh and play the long game for this tournament. We'll get to our 15 eventually but it's really important that we give them a break, even if it's [just] a couple of days at home," Marsh told cricket.com.au.
Mitchell Marsh who will be leading the pack ahead of the global showpiece said that he would be able to play both the warm-up matches as a batsman.
"I'm just ticking off the last few things I need to tick off to be fit and available. All went well today. It's been progressively slow but finally getting there now and looking forward to getting stuck into the tournament," the star all-rounder added.
The T20 World Cup 2024 will begin on June 1, with the United States and Canada playing the opener.
Earlier in May, Australia named their squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Australia squad for the T20 World Cup 2024: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.Travelling
Reserves: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short.
(With ANI Inputs)
