Australia Announce 15-Man Squad For T20 World Cup 2024, Steve Smith & Jake Fraser-McGurk Excluded

Australia T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Australia have revealed their 15-man contingent for the upcoming T20 World Cup, set to take place from June.

Australia T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Australia have revealed their 15-man contingent for the upcoming T20 World Cup, set to take place from June.

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Australia T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Australia have announced their 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024, slated to take place in the United States of America and West Indies in the month of June. As expected, Mitchell Marsh is set to lead the side. The exclusion of veteran Steve Smith and prodigy Jake Fraser-McGurk comes as a surprise. Smith finds himself out of any World Cup squad for the first time since 2014.

Australia have chosen to go with two specialist spinners in the form of Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar for the upcoming marquee event. Along with the fabled three-man pace battery of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis also finds a spot in Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2024.

Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc of Australia pose for a photo with the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Trophy after the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 Final between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19, 2023 in Ahmedabad, India. (Photo: Getty Images)

Travis Head is set to open with veteran David Warner who is set to retire from international cricket post the ICC event. For wicket-keeping options, Josh Inglis and Matthew Wade are there in the squad.

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Have A Look At Australia’s T20 World Cup 2024 Squad

Introducing our 15-player squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to head to the West Indies - led by our new full-time T20 skipper, Mitch Marsh 👊

Congratulations to those selected 👏#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/vETFIGPQL6

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) May 1, 2024

It Is An Immense Privilege: Mitchell Marsh

Mitchell Marsh, who has been serving as interim captain of Australia's T20I side for the past year, has now officially been named captain of the experienced squad aiming to secure their second men's T20 title.

"It's been an immense privilege to play for my country and now an even greater honour to lead the squad to a World Cup. We have had some strong success in recent times and I am hopeful that will continue in what looks like a wide-open tournament," said Marsh, as per Cricket.com.au after being named as the captain of Australia’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad.

Pat Cummins and Mitch Marsh of Australia pose with the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Trophy following the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 Final between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19, 2023 in Ahmedabad, India. (Photo: Getty Images)

Australia will kick their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign off with a match against Oman on June 6 in Barbados.

Australia T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Mitchell Marsh (C), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner and Adam Zampa.