In a massive setback for the Australian team, captain Pat Cummins is ‘heavily unlikely’ to board the flight to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which starts on February 19. The news of Cummins came after all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has already been ruled out.
The 31-year-old, who recently led Australia to a 4-1 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) win over Australia last month, skipped the Test series against Sri Lanka due to the birth of his second child. He has also been nursing an ankle issue that flared up due to heavy workload in the BGT.
“Pat Cummins hasn’t been able to resume any type of bowling so he’s heavily unlikely, so that would mean that we do need a captain,” Australia coach Andrew McDonald told SEN. ”Steve Smith and Travis Head are the two that we’ve been having conversations with while we’ve been building out that Champions Trophy team along with Pat back home. They’ll be the two that we look at for that leadership post.”
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