Australia announces squad for white-ball leg of Pakistan tour, Starc, Warner, Cummins among absentees

Cricket Australia has announced the squad of 16 players for the white-ball leg of the historic Pakistan tour.

Several big names including the likes of David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell are giving the ODI and T20I series a miss.

Notably, Australia, who are set to tour Pakistan for the first time in 24 years, will play three ODIs and a one-off T20I in Pakistan, which gets underway on March 29.

Cricket Australia won’t release their contracted players to join the early stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, which is scheduled to take place in April.

The 16 men who will be representing Australia in the white-ball leg of our upcoming tour of Pakistan ⬇️🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/wUUTtPDov2

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) February 22, 2022

Chief selector of Australian cricket team George Bailey has said that he is confident that the team will do well in the series.

Australia’s ODI and T20 squad:

Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Power-hitting batter Matthew Wade has been excluded from the team.

Meanwhile, Pakistani Twitterati is not satisfied with these big names who are missing the white-ball leg. Netizens claim that these five names have IPL contracts and this could be the reason for them to ditch the series.

No Starc no Warner no Maxwell no Hazelwood no Cummins no Wade in white ball squad against Pakistan in Pakistan and Australian board will not allow these players to participate in ipl and any other league during Pakistan tour until 6 April #PAKVSAUS pic.twitter.com/mj0OR9KpLr

— Abdul Rafay (@roy_rafay) February 22, 2022

Australia has announced their white-ball squad for #PAKvAUS series. David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood & M Starc will all miss the limited overs leg of the Pakistan tour. 5 members of the squad have IPL contracts, but won't be granted leave by CA until April 6. #PAKVSAUS pic.twitter.com/zAwzAhQdWt

— Ahmad Haseeb (@iamAhmadhaseeb) February 22, 2022

Australian Men's Cricket Team have announced their 16 Members Squad for the White Ball Series against Pakistan Cricket Team

No David Warner Pat Cummins Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc in White Ball Squad#RizwanAhmadOfficial #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/a3TdbvAc9Z

— Rizwan_Babarian 🇵🇰 (@Rizwan_pti_ik) February 22, 2022

Some players are missing in white ball game in Australia team. Only white wash can embrace them for not giving priority to their national duty. #AusvsPak #PAKvAUS #PSL2022

— OMAR (@iA_Omarx) February 22, 2022

Hey all im going to say is yeah money is big n all. But man yall a bunch whoosies man jeez! #PAKvAUS

— Billee Shawl (@Billee_shawl) February 22, 2022

Australian Players who are not a part of white-ball squad will available for IPL after 6th April.
Whether they are a part of squad or not, they can't play IPL before this series ends#PAKvAUS

— 𝙅𝙐𝙉𝘼𝙄𝘿 𝙍𝘼𝙕𝘼🇵🇰 (@Junaidtweets99) February 22, 2022