New Delhi. Australia has announced its 15-member team for the ODI World Cup. Pat Cummins will be the captain of the team. However, these squads of Australia are not final.
Indian origin leg spinner Tanveer Sangha has not got a place in this team. He did wonders on his international debut against South Africa. Tanveer took 4 wickets in his debut T20 itself.
Apart from Sangha, fast bowler Nathan Ellis and all-rounder Aaron Hardy have also not made it to the provisional team.Tanveer Sangha made T20 debut on South Africa tour and took 5 wickets in 2 matches.
The Australian team, captained by Mitchell Marsh, had made a clean sweep of host South Africa 3-0. Despite this, the selectors have given two specialist spinners Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar a place in the World Cup team.
Fast bowler and captain Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell are currently recovering from injury. Despite this, he has been included in the World Cup team.
ICC has set September 28 as the deadline for submitting the final list of 15 players. That means teams can make changes in their final squad. Australia has won the World Cup five times and is eyeing its sixth title.
