Injured Pat Cummins out of Australia’s T20 World Cup squad

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Left-arm pacer Ben Dwarshuis volition regenerate Cummins aft helium failed to retrieve successful clip for the tournament.

Published On 31 Jan 2026

Australian accelerated ‌bowler Pat Cummins has been ruled retired of the ICC Twenty20 World ‍Cup aft failing to retrieve from a nagging backmost injury, with Ben Dwarshuis named arsenic his replacement successful the tourney starting adjacent month.

“With ⁠Pat needing much clip to retrieve from his backmost injury, Ben is simply a acceptable replacement who offers a left-arm gait enactment arsenic good arsenic dynamic fielding and late-order hitting,” selector Tony Dodemaide said connected Saturday.

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“We judge his quality to plaything the shot astatine bully pace, on with clever variations, volition beryllium well-suited to the conditions we expect and overall operation of the squad.”

Cummins played conscionable 1 of the 5 Ashes Tests against England, but Australia kept ⁠him successful the provisional World Cup squad, hoping for his availability successful the Super Eight signifier of the tourney to beryllium played successful ‍India and Sri Lanka.

Matt Renshaw besides replaced chap batter Matthew Short but seasoned Steve Smith could not interruption into the World Cup squad contempt his beardown signifier successful the Big ‍Bash League.

The Mitchell Marsh-led broadside are ‌currently playing a three-match T20 bid successful Pakistan arsenic portion of their mentation for the World Cup.

“With the apical bid settled and spin-heavy conditions expected successful the excavation stages successful Sri ‌Lanka, we besides consciousness Matt provides other middle-order support, with Tim David completing his return-to-play programme successful the ‌early signifier of the tournament,” Dodemaide said of ⁠Renshaw’s selection.

“As a left-hander, helium besides offers a constituent of quality to the middle-order batting.”

Renshaw scored 15 successful his T20 debut for Australia successful Thursday’s decision successful Lahore.

The erstwhile champions statesman their ‌World Cup run against Ireland successful a February 11 lucifer successful Colombo.

Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Hazlewood, Cooper Connolly, Josh ‍Inglis, Tim David, Matthew Kuhnemann, Ben Dwarshuis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Matthew Renshaw, Nathan Ellis, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

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