Australia Injury Update: These days, the preparations of all the teams are going in full swing for the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 (ICC ODI WC 2023) to be held in India. This mega event is going to start from 5th October.
Which all the 10 participating teams are going to be busy in some other series or tournament these days or in the coming few days. Out of these two best teams, Australia and South Africa (South Africa to Australia) are also going to start the 3-match T20 series from 30th August.
Big blow to Australia, Glenn Maxwell injured
The 5-time world champion team Australia team is on a tour of South Africa these days, where they are going to face the host South Africa. The 3-match T20 series between Australia and South Africa is going to start from August 30, Just before that the Kangaroo team has suffered a major setback. Where veteran player Glenn Maxwell has been ruled out of this T20 series due to injury. Before the World Cup, the injury of a star player like Glenn Maxwell has put the Australian team in tension.
Glenn Maxwell is out of the South Africa T20 series due to a wrist injury.
One of the most important players in Australia’s team for the World Cup, Glenn Maxwell’s injury before the World Cup is a huge blow. Regarding Glenn Maxwell, Cricket Australia itself has confirmed on Monday that he has suffered a minor injury to his left wrist during practice for the first T20 match against South Africa to be held in Durban on 30 August and due to this he will be ruled out of this T20 series. has been removed from. Regarding Maxwell’s injury, Cricket Australia’s chief selector Tony Dodmet said, “We do not want to take any risk regarding Maxwell. We will monitor them continuously. We want to see him play in the ODI series in India, after that the World Cup will also be played there.
During the ODI series against South Africa, he will take paternity leave.
Let us remind you that Australia will begin a 5-match ODI series against South Africa on September 12. Glenn Maxwell, who is currently on paternity leave, is expected to play sparingly in that series. Because he may become a father at that period, he will remain in that scenario even throughout the delivery of his first kid.
Australia T20 Updated squad against South Africa
Squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Matt Short, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa
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