Australia Announced Their Squad For The ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Australia has announced its 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, which will be commanded by Mitchell Marsh. Three new players will play for Australia for the first time in the T20 World Cup, which includes spinner Matthew Kuhnman, all-rounder Cooper Connelly and fast bowler Xavier Bartlett. Apart from this, strong all-rounders like Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green have also been included in the team, who can sometimes turn the tables with their game.

Pat Cummins returns to Australia’s T20 squad

Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins has returned to Australia’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad. Along with him, experienced bowlers like Josh Hazlewood have also been included, while Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa will work to make the team’s bowling more lethal on Indian pitches. In such a situation, it can be said that Australia has announced a strong team for the T20 World Cup.

When is Australia’s match in T20 World Cup?

Australia is in Group-B in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Apart from Australia, teams from Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Oman and Ireland are also present in this group. The Australian team’s first match in the tournament will be played against Ireland on 11 February at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium. Australia is the strongest team in its group, but it may face tough competition from Sri Lanka and Ireland. Australia’s second match will be with Sri Lanka on 16 February. The team will play its last league match against Oman on 20 February. Before that, it also has to face Zimbabwe on 13 February. Let us tell you that this time a total of 20 teams are participating in the T20 World Cup, which has been divided into four groups. Two teams from each group will reach the Super-8 and then the knockout competition will begin.

Australian team for T20 World Cup 2026: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connelly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Matthew Kunhman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa.

Australia has dominated the Ashes series so far. So far, Australia has won all three Test matches, whereas England has not even come remotely close to winning any match. The fourth Ashes Test will be played in Melbourne from 26 December. Even before the fourth Test was played, Australia has announced the last 12 players, in which the team’s regular captain Pat Cummins is not included. In his absence, Steve Smith will be seen captaining.

Australia vs England The third Ashes Test was played in Adelaide, in which Steve Smith did not play. Smith is making a comeback and will be the captain of the team in the absence of Pat Cummins. Let us tell you that this will be the last test match between any teams for the year 2025. Fast bowler Jhay Richardson has returned, who has not played any Test match for Australia after 2021.

In the press conference held before the fourth Test, Steve Smith told that he will captain the Australian team in the last two Test matches. Pat Cummins is out of the series due to injury. Smith has also clarified the situation regarding the batting position of Usman Khawaja. Usman Khawaja will play at number 5 in the fourth Test, but he also said that the playing eleven will be selected from these 12 players on the morning of the match.

Captain Smith also made it clear that Australia will play with 4 fast bowlers and there will be no spinner in the playing eleven. Travis Head, who played a memorable inning of 170 runs in the second innings of Adelaide Test as an opener, can also open in Melbourne.

Australia’s 12 players for the fourth test: Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Usman Khawaja, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Brendon Doggett, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson.

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IPL 2026 Mini Auction: A mini auction is going to be held for the Indian Premier League 2026 today i.e. on December 16, 2025. Every year the auction is very important for the teams. Through this, every team tries to perfect its equation. The special thing about mini auction is that the teams do not have big purses, but the bidding in mini auction leaves even the mega auction behind. Here we are going to tell you about 6 such players, on whom teams broke all the records by bidding in the mini auction.

1. Mitchell Starc got Rs 24.75 crore in IPL 2024

Australia’s dreaded fast bowler Mitchell Starc made his first entry in the IPL in 2015 with Royal Challengers Bangalore. After this, Starc returned to the league after 9 years in the mini auction of IPL 2024. In this mini auction, there was a fierce competition between Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans regarding Starc. Eventually, KKR bought him for a record price of Rs 24.75 crore, which was 75.69% of KKR’s total purse at that time.

2. Pat Cummins also got Rs 20.5 crore in IPL 2024 only

Current Australian captain Pat Cummins was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.50 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2024. Just a few minutes before Mitchell Starc, Cummins had made the record of becoming the most expensive player in IPL history and this was the first time in IPL history that a player had received an amount of more than Rs 20 crore. Although Cummins took only 18 wickets that season at an expensive economy rate of 9.27, under his captaincy he took the team to the finals after 8 years.

3. Sam Curran got Rs 18.5 crore in IPL 2023

England’s star all-rounder Sam Curran was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18.5 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Karan had won the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award in the T20 World Cup 2022, due to which he was in huge demand in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Karan did not perform anything special in that season. Where he gave away runs at an average of 48.90, but scored 276 runs with the bat at a strike rate of 135.96. Nevertheless, he was retained and given the captaincy of the Punjab Kings team in the next season.

4. Cameron Green also got Rs 17.5 crore in IPL 2023 only

Australia’s star all-rounder Cameron Green was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.5 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Mumbai Indians had released Hardik Pandya in IPL 2022, due to which they were looking for an excellent all-rounder. Due to this, Mumbai Indians tried their best to buy Cameron Green. That season, Green played brilliantly and scored a total of 452 runs at a strike rate of 160.28. In this, while chasing the target of 201 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he scored a century and gave Mumbai entry in the playoffs.

5. Ben Stokes got Rs 16.25 crore in IPL 2023 only

Current England Test captain Ben Stokes was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Stokes is also among those all-rounders for whom the mini auction of IPL 2023 proved lucky. But this deal was not beneficial for CSK. Stokes suffered a left knee injury due to a slip and fall, due to which he could play only two matches in the entire season. In which he scored 15 runs and bowled only 1 over. Stokes has never been able to play IPL after this season.

6. Chris Morris got Rs 16.25 crore in IPL 2021

South African all-rounder Chris Morris was bought by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2021 mini auction for Rs 16.25 crore, which was the highest amount paid to a player in any IPL auction at that time. In IPL 2021, Maurice took 15 wickets in 11 matches at an economy rate of 9.17 and was able to score runs at an average of only 13.40. After this season he never got a chance to play in IPL.

Mitchell Starc created history by scoring a half-century against England in Brisbane. Australia is in a strong position in the second Test of the Ashes series being played at the Gabba Stadium in Brisbane, the reason for this is also Starc. Starc took 6 wickets in England’s first innings, due to which the team was reduced to 334 runs.

Mitchell Starc did not even allow opener Ben Duckett and third-placed Ollie Pope to open their account in England’s first innings, after which he sent Harry Brook (31), Will Jacques (19), Gus Atkinson and Braydon Carse to the pavilion. Starc also performed brilliantly with the bat, till the time of writing the news he is unbeaten on 56 runs.

Mitchell Starc is only the second player to do so

Mitchell Starc is the third highest wicket taker in the ICC World Test Championship, both the players above him are Australians. Nathan Lyon is at first place with 219 wickets and Pat Cummins is at second place with 215 wickets. Mitchell Starc has taken 207 wickets.

Mitchell Starc is the second player to score 200 wickets and 1000 runs in the World Test Championship. Along with him, Pat Cummins is also included in this list, who has 215 wickets and 1020 runs in his name.

Mitchell Starc touched this figure in 71 innings of 51 Tests, he has 1003* runs in his name. His average is 18.92 and strike rate is 50.78. Starc has played 2 half-century innings in WTC. Starc has taken 207 wickets in WTC, his economy was 3.46. In this he has taken five wicket haul 7 times.

Australia is in a strong position

Australia had defeated England in the first match of the Ashes series 2025-2026, Australia is in a strong position in the second test also. England’s first innings was reduced to 334 runs, while Joe Root alone scored 138 runs. He remained unbeaten. Jack Weatherald (72), Marnus Labuschagne (65), Steve Smith (61), Alex Carey (63) and Mitchell Starc (56) have scored half-centuries for Australia. Till the time of writing the news, Australia has a lead of 144 runs.

The Ashes Series 2025-26: The 5-match Ashes series between Australia and England is being played in Australia. The host team, which won the Perth match, has suffered a big setback before the Brisbane Test. Australian captain Pat Cummins was expected to return in the second match, but Cummins is out of this match also due to injury. In the second match of this Ashes series also, the team will be captained by veteran batsman Steve Smith.

Team announced for Brisbane Test

Australia has announced the team for the Brisbane Test a week in advance. Captain Pat Cummins has also been ruled out of the second test against England. The Australian team has not made any changes in its team for the second match of the Ashes 2025-26 series. The first match of this series was over in just two days. While batting first, the entire England team was all out after scoring 172 runs, after which England bowled out Australia for 132 runs. After gaining a lead of 40 runs in the first innings, England was able to score 164 runs in the second innings and gave Australia a target of only 205 runs. Which the Kangaroo team chased at the loss of only 2 wickets. Travis Head played an important role in this victory by scoring a stormy century.

Unchanged#Ashes pic.twitter.com/Xu7W7p9R3N

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) November 28, 2025

Apart from Cummins, two more players were out

Apart from Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott and Josh Hazlewood have also been ruled out of the Brisbane Test. Both these players also had to stay out of the first test due to injury. The second match of the Ashes series will start from December 4 and Test captain Pat Cummins will travel with the team to speed up his recovery process.

Australian team for Brisbane Test:

Steve Smith (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wicket-keeper), Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Bo Webster.

After the release of the retention list for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), more than half of the players of almost all the teams have been confirmed. The auction process for the remaining slots will take place on December 16. Before this, captains of 8 out of 10 teams have been confirmed, know everyone’s record and their price.

Who is the captain of RCB?

Rajat Patidar is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Who took command of this team for the first time in the last edition and did what had not happened in 18 years. Under his captaincy, RCB won its first IPL title, this time too Rajat will take charge of RCB.

32-year-old Rajat Patidar, resident of Indore, made his IPL debut in 2021 while playing for RCB. Since then he is a part of this franchise. He has scored a total of 1111 runs in 42 IPL matches, which includes 9 half-centuries and 1 century. RCB had retained Rajat Patidar for Rs 11 crore for the last edition, this time too he has been retained.

Who is the captain of CSK?

The captain of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 is Ruturaj Gaikwad. With Sanju Samson joining this camp, some people thought that he would be the captain but in the coming season only Ruturaj will be the captain. In the last edition, Ruturaj was out of the tournament midway due to injury, after which Dhoni had to take over the captaincy again.

Rituraj Gaikwad made his debut for Chennai Super Kings in 2020, since then he has been a part of this franchise. Ruturaj Gaikwad was retained by CSK for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. Ruturaj has played a total of 71 matches in IPL, in which he scored 2502 runs. He has 2 centuries and 20 half-centuries in his name in IPL.

Who is the captain of MI?

The captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026 is Hardik Pandya, who became the captain of this franchise by replacing Rohit Sharma. He has made Gujarat Titans champion under his captaincy in 2022. Although he made his IPL debut in 2015 while playing for MI.

Hardik Pandya played a total of 152 matches in IPL, in which he has 2749 runs in his name. Pandya has 10 half-centuries to his name. He was retained by Mumbai Indians for Rs 16.35 crore for the last edition.

Who is the captain of KKR?

Ajinkya Rahane, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders in the last edition, has been retained by the franchise for the upcoming season as well. Although they have not yet announced the name of their captain.

Who is the captain of PBKS?

The captain of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 is Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by the franchise in the auction last year for a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore. Under his captaincy the team also reached the finals.

Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s IPL records, he has played a total of 133 matches for 3 franchises (DC, KKR and PBKS), in which he has 3731 runs in his name. He has scored 27 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of GT?

The captain of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 is Shubman Gill. Gill is also the captain of India’s Test and ODI team. Gill was retained by Gujarat in the last edition for Rs 16.5 crore. He has played a total of 118 matches in IPL, in which he has 3866 runs in his name. Gill has scored 4 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of LSG?

The captain of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026 will be Rishabh Pant, who has been retained by the franchise this year and was bought last year by making the highest bid in IPL history. LSG had bought Pant for Rs 27 crore. Pant was earlier the captain of Delhi Capitals, he made his IPL debut for Delhi in 2016.

Talking about his IPL career, Rishabh Pant has scored 3553 runs in 125 matches, in which there are 2 centuries and 19 half-centuries.

Who is the captain of DC?

The captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 is Axar Patel, who is one of the most experienced players in the team. Patel was retained by the franchise in the last edition for Rs 16.50 crore, while Pant was released.

Akshar Patel started the IPL by playing for Punjab Kings in 2014, he came to Delhi in 2019 and has been a part of this franchise since then. Patel has played a total of 162 matches in IPL, in which he has 1916 runs and 128 wickets in his name.

Who is the captain of RR?

Who will be the captain of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026? There is still doubt on this because the team has handed over its captain to CSK through trade. However, through this trade, he has included an experienced player like Ravindra Jadeja in his team.

There is a possibility that Jadeja can become the captain. However, there is nothing official on this yet. Rajasthan has included Jadeja in its team for Rs 14 crore, whereas his price in CSK was Rs 18 crore.

Who is the captain of SRH?

Pat Cummins will be the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. He is the only foreigner among all the confirmed captains, while the other 7 are Indians. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Hyderabad reached the final in 2024, where KKR defeated them by 8 wickets. The team’s performance last season was poor, yet Cummins will be the captain in the coming season.

Pat Cummins was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. He has played a total of 72 matches for 3 teams (KKR, DC and SRH) in IPL, in which he has taken 79 wickets.

All the teams have started preparations for IPL 2026. The auction for the upcoming season of IPL will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. This time a mini auction will be organized. Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad has made a big announcement regarding its captain. The franchise has decided to hand over the command to Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins for the third consecutive time.

Sunrisers Hyderabad posted on social media and once again announced handing over the captaincy to Pat Cummins. Cummins became the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad dropped a total of eight players from the team including star fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Shami has been traded from Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants.

Pat Cummins has been injured for a long time

Let us tell you that Australian captain Pat Cummins has been injured for a long time. Famous for his strong captaincy in Test and ODI, Pat Cummins had taken Sunrisers Hyderabad to the final in IPL 2024. However, last season the team could not perform as per expectations. However, the franchise has maintained faith in its captain. Cummins is recovering from his injury. He will not be able to play even in the first test of the Ashes series against England. However, Pat Cummins is expected to be fit by the second Test match to be played in Brisbane.

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Pat Cummins #PlayWithFire pic.twitter.com/r4gtlypAY9

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 17, 2025

List of retained and released players of Sunrisers Hyderabad

Retained players- Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Samaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brayden Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga and Zeeshan Ansari.

Released players- Abhinav Manohar, Arthav Tayde, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Shami (trade), Viaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar and Adam Zampa.

Under the captaincy of Mitchell Marsh, the Australian cricket team lost the T20 series against India at home. The 5th match of the series held on Saturday was cancelled, with this Suryakumar Yadav and team won the series 2-1. Whereas Australia took a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the second match after the first match was cancelled. After the match, Adam Gilchrist asked Mitchell Marsh such a question that even the captain was surprised.

In the absence of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh took command in the ODI series against India and defeated India 2-1 in the series. After this, under the captaincy of Marsh, Australia lost the 5-match T20 series 1-2. Although Marsh’s own performance was good, there was discussion about his captaincy because the T20 World Cup is to be held in February.

In such a situation, in the 5th T20, former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist directly asked Mitchell Marsh this question that if Pat Cummins becomes fit, will you be the captain in the World Cup or not? Marsh also gave a clear answer to this.

Who will be the captain in T20 World Cup 2026?

Mitchell Marsh was also surprised by Adam Gilchrist’s question related to the T20 World Cup. He asked, “If Pat Cummins becomes fit, will he captain the T20 World Cup or will you remain the captain?”

On this Mitchell Marsh said, “This is a good question, I think I will be the captain in the T20 World Cup. After this Gilchrist again asked, “So you are the official T20 captain? If Pat Cummins joins the T20 team, will he play under your captaincy? To this Marsh said, “Yes, I think so.”

On this Gilchrist said, “Thank you for the clarification, some questions were being asked about this.” Australia does not have any T20 International schedule before the T20 World Cup 2026, so the performance of the players in the Big Bash League can play an important role in the team selection. However, Marsh does not think so.

Marsh said, “Our team, with full potential, is a well-organized team. The Big Bash League is for the players and hopefully the Scorchers (Perth Scorchers) team will win.”

Australia vs England Ashes Series: The Ashes series between Australia and England is going to start from 21st November. Australia has announced a 15-member team for the first test of this five-match series. Pat Cummins will not be seen as captain in the first test. Cummins has been kept out of the team due to injury. Steve Smith will take command of the Australian team in the first test against England. Marnus Labuschagne has also made a comeback in this series.

Australian squad for the first Ashes test

Steve Smith (captain), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Brendon Doggett, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Jake Wetherall and Beau Webster.

SQUAD: 15 of the very best vying for a spot in our first men’s #Ashes XI.

Bring on November 21! pic.twitter.com/26WY0zmzKr

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) November 5, 2025

Steve Smith was made captain

Steve Smith has been made the captain of the team in the first test of the Ashes series. Pat Cummins can also go to Perth with the team for the first test match. The selectors of Australian cricket are hopeful that Cummins can return to the team in the second test. Sam Constance has been kept out of the first test against England. This Australian player did not bat in the West Indies series. Constas had scored 50 runs in 6 innings in the series against West Indies.

Ashes series schedule

The Ashes series between Australia and England is going to start from November 21, 2025. This five-match test series will run till January 4, 2026. The first match of this series will be played in Perth.

• First Test- November 21-25, 2025; Perth
• Second Test- December 4-8, 2025; brisbane
• Third Test- December 17-21, 2025; adelaide
• Fourth Test- December 26-30, 2025; melbourne
• Fifth Test- January 4-8, 2026; sydney

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Ashes Test 2025: The Ashes series has always been cricket’s most exciting and prestigious rivalry. This Test series between England and Australia is not only a symbol of pride, but is also an important part of the cricketing history of both the teams. However, this time Australia’s problems have increased even before the start of the Ashes, with captain Pat Cummins being ruled out of the first Test due to injury.

Back injury becomes a big concern

Pat Cummins has a problem of lower back pain. This is the reason why he had to stay out of the recently played three-match ODI series against India. Now, due to his injury not improving, the team management has decided to rest him from the first Ashes Test to be played in Perth. The first match of the series will be played at Optus Stadium in Perth from 21st November. Cummins is both the main bowler and strategic captain of the team, so his exit is being considered a big blow for Australia.

Steve Smith got command

In the absence of Cummins, former captain Steve Smith will take over the captaincy of Australia. Smith is considered an experienced and strategic captain. So far, he has captained in 40 Test matches, out of which he won 23 and lost 10, while 7 matches were drawn. The team’s performance under his captaincy has always been strong, and the same is expected in Perth as well.

Who will replace Cummins?

After Pat Cummins’s exit, the biggest question in Australia’s playing eleven is about the third fast bowler. There is every possibility of Scott Boland playing in the team. Boland has taken 62 wickets in 14 Test matches so far and is known for his accurate line-length and disciplined bowling. He can be seen leading the bowling attack along with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.

Cummins eyes second test

The second Ashes Test begins on November 4, and Pat Cummins’ full focus will now be on getting fit ahead of this match.