Overview
- Mitchell Marsh is confirmed as captain, with a separate squad to be named for a warm-up T20 series in Pakistan before the tournament.
- Pat Cummins has a back scan later in January to determine availability, while Josh Hazlewood and Tim David continue hamstring recoveries.
- Selectors loaded up on spin for subcontinent pitches, naming Adam Zampa with left-arm options Matthew Kuhnemann and Cooper Connolly, plus overs from Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Short.
- Australia chose no left-arm pacer after Mitchell Starc’s T20I retirement, preferring Xavier Bartlett over Ben Dwarshuis for the seam group.
- Josh Inglis is the only specialist wicketkeeper, and Australia opens against Ireland in Colombo on February 11 with all group matches in Sri Lanka.