Australia's cricket team faces setbacks with key players ruled out due to injury and personal leave.
Key facts
- •Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, and Tanveer Sangha are out for the Bangladesh ODI series.
- •Todd Murphy, Ollie Peake, and Matt Short replace the injured players.
- •Josh Inglis will captain the team in Marsh's absence.
- •The ODI series against Bangladesh starts on Tuesday in Dhaka.
- •Sangha is out for the entire Bangladesh tour due to a hamstring injury.
- •Head will return for Australia's home tests against Bangladesh in August.
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh, opener Travis Head, and spinner Tanveer Sangha have been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. The series starts on Tuesday in Dhaka.
Injuries and Replacements
Marsh, Head, and Sangha have been replaced by Todd Murphy, Ollie Peake, and Matt Short. Peake and Short were part of the Australia squad that lost an ODI series in Pakistan last week. Josh Inglis will step in as captain for Marsh, who could return from his ankle injury in time for Australia's Twenty20 Internationals starting on June 17.
Player Availability
Sangha's hamstring injury has ruled him out of the entire Bangladesh tour, according to national selector Tony Dodemaide. Head has been granted personal leave and will only return for Australia's two home tests against Bangladesh in August.
This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Channel NewsAsia.
