Pakistan’s Haris Rauf (proper) celebrates taking a wicket throughout their second T20I towards Australia on the Sydney Cricket Floor in Sydney on November 16, 2024. — X/@TheRealPCB
Australia have introduced a 17-member squad for his or her T20I tour of Pakistan, with Mitchell Marsh set to guide the guests in a three-match collection in Lahore.
Pakistan and Australia will face off in three T20 Internationals at Gaddafi Stadium on January 29, 31 and February 1, with all matches now scheduled to start out at 4:00pm native time.
The collection is anticipated to function a key build-up for each side forward of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, which will likely be held in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8.
On the World Cup, Pakistan have been drawn in Group A alongside India, the USA, the Netherlands and Namibia, whereas Australia will compete in Group B with Sri Lanka, Eire, Zimbabwe and Oman.
The tour will mark Australia’s third go to to Pakistan since March-April 2022, once they returned for a historic Check collection, adopted by an ODI collection and a one-off T20I. Australia additionally performed three matches of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan.
Traditionally, Pakistan and Australia have met 28 instances in T20 Internationals, with Australia profitable 14 matches and Pakistan 12, whereas one match resulted in a tie and one other produced no end result.
Australia’s T20I squad:Â
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Cameron Inexperienced, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitch Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Quick, Marcus Stoinis, Travis Head, Adam Zampa.
