Since the retirement of explosive opening batsman David Warner, Australia have tried five opening batsmen. Marsh also said that there were discussions about Tim David's place. Last month, David unleashed havoc with his blistering strokeplay in the third T20I against the Caribbean side
Mitchell Marsh (Pic: File Pic)
Australia T20I captain Mitchell Marsh has confirmed that they have finalised the opening pair in the lead-up to next year's T20I World Cup.
"It'll be myself and Heady up the top for the foreseeable future. Obviously, we've played a lot together, (we've) got a great relationship, so (we'll) start there," said Marsh as quoted by cricket.com.au.
The T20 World Cup 2026 will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
The side will begin its preparations for the mega event with a three-match T20I series against South Africa.
In the 2021 T20 World Cup, Marsh batted at the number three position. He was also named the 'Player of the Match' in the final, which also marked their first T20 World Cup title.
Since the retirement of explosive opening batsman David Warner, Australia have tried five opening batsmen. Marsh also said that there were discussions about Tim David's place.
"We've spoken about it ... we saw that in the Caribbean, that he came in earlier than he would normally. His skill set is made for that. The more balls he faces, hopefully the more games he wins for us," said the 33-year-old.
Last month, David unleashed havoc with his blistering strokeplay in the third T20I against the Caribbean side. He put up a masterclass on exhibition and hammered a 37-ball century, the fastest T20I ton for Australia.
Recently, Australia's opening batsmen Sam Konstas and Nathan McSweeney, who made their debuts against Team India during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, have been named in the side's 'A' squad that will clash against India 'A' for four-day matches in Lucknow. Earlier, Konstas replaced McSweeney in the series against India, but fell short of making the most out of the opportunity at the top.
The two four-day matches will be played in Lucknow from September 16-19 and September 23-26, while the three one-day games will be on September 30, October 3 and 5 respectively.
Australia T20I squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matt Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.
(With Agencies' Inputs)
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