JJ Smuts, who has played international cricket for South Africa, will play for the Italy cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2026, which will play the T20 World Cup for the first time. Let us tell you that Italy Cricket Board has announced its team for the tournament. The big thing is that the Australian player who was the captain of the team in the qualifier round of this tournament did not get a place in it.

The Italy Cricket Board has included many young players in the 15-member team, although many players also have good experience. Captain Wayne Madsen also has good experience. The name of JJ Smuts is being discussed the most, who has played international cricket for the South African cricket team. He will be an important player for Italy in the tournament, who will make important contributions to the team. Smits is an all-rounder player.

JJ Smuts joins Italy cricket team

Smuts has scored 180 runs in 6 One Day International matches. He has played 13 International T20 matches, in which he has scored 174 runs and taken only 1 wicket. He has never been able to score even a half-century in T20, 45 is his highest score in this format.

This Australian player is out

Wayne Madsen will take charge of the Italy cricket team. The captain of the team in the qualifier round for the T20 World Cup 2026 was former Australian cricketer Joe Burns, who was shown the way out of the team only last year. He was also not included in the team selected for the tournament.

Let us tell you that Joe Burns could not debut for Australia in T20 International. He debuted in this format while playing for Italy. He scored a total of 271 runs in 8 T20 International matches, which also included a century.

Italy’s squad for T20 World Cup

Wayne Madsen (captain), Zain Ali, Marcus Campopiano (wk), Ali Hasan, Krishan Kalugamage, Harry Manenti, Gian Piero Mead, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Manenti, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smits, Grant Stewart and Thomas Draka.