Overview
- Mitchell Marsh will captain a 15-player provisional squad for the tournament staged in Sri Lanka and India.
- Left-arm spinners Matt Kuhnemann and Cooper Connolly bolster a slow-bowling group led by Adam Zampa for subcontinent conditions.
- Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Tim David are selected despite recent injuries, with Cummins set for a back scan later in January.
- Josh Inglis is the only specialist wicketkeeper named, and no left-arm pacer replaces T20I retiree Mitchell Starc.
- Xavier Bartlett earns a fast-bowling spot ahead of Ben Dwarshuis, and Australia opens on February 11 against Ireland in Colombo with a separate Pakistan warm-up squad to be announced.