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Australian youngster Cooper Connolly has replaced Mitchell Marsh after the Australian T20I captain suffered a serious injury during the IPL 2026 campaign for LSG.
With Lucknow Super Giants not qualifying for the IPL playoffs, Mitchell Marsh was likely to be available for the Pakistan vs Australia ODI series soon. Despite LSG’s batting struggles, Marsh scored 550+ runs in the season, along with one brilliant century in the season.
Marsh was likely to step in as stand-in captain against his regular captain Pat Cummins. Cummins will not be available for Australia in the upcoming white-ball series against Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Mitchell Marsh replaces Cooper Connolly in AUS vs PAK ODI series
Mitchell Marsh was declared unfit before the series started ruled He was ruled out of the ODI series against Pakistan due to an ankle injury during his recent IPL campaign with Lucknow Super Giants.
Cooper Connolly has was named As a replacement for Mitchell Marsh in the upcoming series against Pakistan. Connolly will seen As an all-rounder who could open the innings for them and also bat in the lower order.
Connolly made his IPL debut in this season and scored 491 runs in the season with one century, two half-centuries and several other innings which were not recorded as milestones. Having played in ODIs for Australia, he also scored his first half-century during a match-winning innings against India.
Travis Head is also not a part of the Australian team against Pakistan and hence the biggest focus will be on Cooper Connolly’s role in the team. Cameron Green, Matt Short and Marnus Labuschagne have added To the squad.
Cooper Connolly replaces Mitch Marsh
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Mitchell Marsh’s availability for the Bangladesh series also remains uncertain
Australian seamer Nathan Ellis has returned to the team after being ruled out of the IPL 2026 season due to injury. He was one of the key absent players in the Chennai Super Kings team.
Mitchell Marsh, who is unavailable in this series against Pakistan, is currently injured and nothing has been told about his return date. Marsh’s availability for the season also remains uncertain.
Australia will take part in another ODI tour starting against Bangladesh from June 9, and in the absence of Pat Cummins, the return of Mitchell Marsh will be useful for the Australian team.
Josh Inglis ready to step in as Australia captain against Pakistan
Josh Inglis has stepped down as captain of the Australian men’s national cricket team. In the absence of senior players like Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins and Travis Head, the Australian team had to reshuffle its captaincy options.
Had Head been available for this series, he would likely have stepped into the captaincy role. Inglis is unlikely to continue in the same role if Travis Head makes himself available for the next ODI tour of Bangladesh.
However, due to the busy Test schedule for the Australian team starting this year, players like captain Pat Cummins and Travis Head may be kept away from limited overs cricket for some time.
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