T20 World Cup 2024: Australia’s head coach provides Mitchell Marsh injury update

Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald confirmed that their captain Mitchell Marsh will not bowl in their T20 World Cup 2024 opener against Oman which will be played at Kensington Oval, Barbados, on June 5.

Australia lost to West Indies in their warmup of the World Cup by 35 runs on Friday but McDonald was pleased to see Marsh fielding for more overs than he did in the previous warmup match against Namibia.

With every passing day, the optimism regarding their captain is increasing in the Australian camp but the all-rounder will not be bowling in the first match against Oman as the 2021 T20 World Cup winners want to be cautious with him.

"For Mitch, was about ticking off where his body was at. He fielded more overs tonight, he was able to move more freely, so he's building a little bit of confidence there. It looks as though he's all set for the first game," McDonald told cricket.com.au.

Marsh sustained a hamstring injury in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 while representing Delhi Capitals (DC) after which he returned to Australia on April 12.

"It was by design, in terms of when we were getting people back after the IPL; we were well aware we weren't going to get the squad together until the first of next month. We've got some things in place where we'll bring the group together, we'll work through our plans leading into Oman and there's a bit of space between that game and England," McDonald said.

"We feel as though we have plenty of time to bring that group together. It's a familiar group, they've played a lot together. If they hadn't played a lot together then the prep might have looked different. We feel comfortable though as they know how to play with each other. It will just be finalising the XIs for the games, and the balances that we want. We've got plenty of options," he added.

Australia’s squad for T20 World Cup 2024

Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

Australia’s fixtures for the T20 World Cup 2024:

5 June 2024 — Oman, Barbados

8 June 2024 — England, Barbados

11 June 2024 — Namibia, Antigua

15 June 2024 — Scotland, St. Lucia

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