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Josh Inglis to captain Australia ODI team in place of injured Marsh

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Published 3 weeks ago

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the one-day international series in Pakistan after picking up an ankle injury while playing in the Indian Premier League.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/inglis-josh/fy2GJ5Iu/"]Josh Inglis[/a] will take over as captain after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marsh-mitchell/UovVueNf/"]Marsh[/a] sat out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lucknow-super-giants/juEriKhI/"]Lucknow Super Giants[/a]' final game on Saturday and flew back to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] for treatment.[/p][p]Marsh joins regular 50-over captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cummins-patrick/nXoaKQUf/"]Pat Cummins[/a] in missing the three-match series that starts on Saturday in Rawalpindi.[/p][p]Cummins is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL playoffs this week.[/p][p]"[b]Marsh will remain in Perth for further assessment and treatment until further notice,[/b]" said Cricket Australia late Tuesday.[/p][p]"[b]His availability for the white ball tour of Bangladesh will be determined in due course.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="b70d9235-7a89-4df7-885c-344c712bd857" url="https://x.com/hashmi_shahid/status/2059222752356364364" social-type="twitter" /][p]Third-choice captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/head-travis/EiBJThAd/"]Travis Head[/a] was not picked for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a] tour because of IPL commitments, meaning fourth-choice Inglis will take the reins.[/p][p]The wicketkeeper has captained Australia only once before, also against Pakistan, in Perth in November 2024.[/p][p]After the ODI series in Pakistan, Australia will play three one-day internationals in Bangladesh starting on June 9 followed by three T20 internationals.[/p]

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