Cricket
Australia are all set to play a five-match ODI and three-match T20 series in India.
Updated : Sep 09, 2017, 12:04 AM IST
A batch of Australia's squad to play in the five-match one-day internationals series against India arrived in Chennai on Thursday.
The limited-overs specialists, who arrived from Australia via Singapore, were: Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, and Kane Richardson.
Chennai: Australian cricket team arrives for five-match ODI series and three-match T20I series to be held between Sept 17 & October 13 pic.twitter.com/uw068GyA7c
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Another group of players, including skipper Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner, would arrive in the city on Friday morning from Bangladesh, where the team was involved in a two-Test series.
Paceman Richardson was not in the squad picked initially, but came in as a replacement for Josh Hazlewood -- who sustained an injury during the first Test against Bangladesh.
The 14-man team will be involved in an ODI series, followed by three T20 internationals against India, the first of which would be played at the M A Chidambaram stadium here, on September 17.
The visiting Australians would play a warm-up match on September 12 against a Board President's XI to be led by Gurkeerat Mann.
Steve Smith (C), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (WK), Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson.