The Australian team is scheduled to play a T20 World Cup practice match against Namibia in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Wednesday, May 29, but bad news is coming for the Kangaroo team ahead of this match. Only nine Australian players are in the West Indies ahead of this match, while the other players are expected to join before their second and final practice match against the home team on Friday.

The Australian team is currently struggling to assemble 11 players for the match against Namibia and it is likely that only eight of their 15-man squad will be available for the match in case captain Mitchell Marsh is ruled out. Marsh is recovering from a hamstring injury, which he suffered during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign. in IPL 2024 Delhi Capitals After playing just four matches for the team, the star all-rounder got injured and later returned home.

Meanwhile, Pat Cummins, Travis Head and Mitchell Starc, who are part of the Australia T20 World Cup squad, attended the IPL 2024 final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, May 26. Starc had also helped the Knight Riders win their third IPL title.

Cricket Australia (CA) has decided to give the World Cup squad members playing in the IPL 2024 a short break to rest before returning to action for the major ICC event starting June 2. Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell (both Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants) are yet to reach Barbados. While Stoinis is expected to arrive only after the Namibia practice match, the pair of Green and Maxwell will join the team by the end of this week.

Cricket.com.au quoted Marsh as saying, “The guys who are in the IPL are playing a lot of cricket. We are currently looking at a lesser number of players. But this is a practice match. The guys who need to play will play as much as possible and we will figure it out from there. It is important to be flexible.”