Australia’s star all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will return to India on Sunday to join the Australia squad before their Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan at the Wankhede Stadium on November 7.
Marsh had earlier returned to Australia on November 2 for ‘personal reasons’. The all-rounder was replaced by Cameron Green for AUS vs ENG match.
“A timeline on his return to the squad is to be confirmed,” the press release had read.
It is now revealed that Mitchell Marsh flew back home due to demise of his grandfather.
While Mitchell Marsh will return to playing XI for the Afghanistan clash, there is still no confirmation on Glenn Maxwell’s return who was ruled out due to suffering a concussion after falling off the back of a golf cart.
Earlier, Australian skipper Pat Cummins talked about missing their key players in a crucial match against England.
“Yeah, it’s not ideal. Yeah, both have been star players of the tournament so far at different times. So that’s the way it is. We knew at the start of the tournament we were going to need a full squad of 15. And yeah, I’m not even sure we’ve played the same 11 two games in a row through injury or selection. So, it’s kind of unfortunate,” Cummins had said ahead of the England game.
Talking about the ongoing AUS vs ENG game, Australia have taken a commanding position after picking 6 England wickets in defending 287. Earlier, Chris Woakes picked four wickets as England bowled out Australia for 286 runs. Marnus Labuschagne was the top scorer for Australia with 71.
