AHMEDABAD: Ahead of Australia’s clash against England in 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup, skipper Pat Cummins has backed for having larger squads in global tournaments. As of now, World Cup has provision for 15-member main squads, with some traveling reserves.
With Glenn Maxwell out of Saturday’s clash due to concussion and Mitchell Marsh flying back home due to personal reasons, Australia are facing the prospect of choosing their playing eleven from just 13 players, prompting a question over increasing World Cup squad members in future.
“To be honest, I mean, it’s a two-month tournament. You wouldn’t want to be in a position where, say, somewhere like a team like New Zealand have had some injuries and luckily, they’ve been able to hold someone like Kane in the squad.”
“But if suddenly you had to rule him out - I think that wouldn’t be good for a cricket or a World Cup. It’s not like you can poach players from other countries, so I always kind of think as many players as you need, you should be able to pick from,” said Cummins in the pre-match press conference. IANS
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