Australia's 3 star players out of Bangladesh white-ball tour, 2 injured, one asks for personal leave

Cricket Australia (CA) on June 8 made a few changes to their white-balls squads for the Bangladesh tour. Travis Head has been granted personal leave whereas Mitchell Marsh is yet to recover from his ankle injury. Leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha will miss the tour after sustaining a hamstring injury in ODI series against Pakistan.

As a result, Matthew Short has got another chance to prove his mettle along with young Ollie Peake. Meanwhile, Australia have given maiden white-ball call-up to off-spinner Todd Murphy.

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Earlier, Head was missing from the ODIs against Pakistan as he was part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 playoffs.

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"Travis was initially selected in the ODI and T20I legs of this Bangladesh tour but has subsequently been granted personal leave for both," national selector Tony Dodemaide said.

"We look forward to seeing him again for the top end Test series against Bangladesh."

Marsh doubtful for T20Is too

In Marsh and Head's absence, Josh Inglis is set to lead Australia again. In addition, if Marsh doesn't recover in time for the T20I series against Bangladesh, he may take over the T20I captaincy as well on the sub-continent tour.

"We were hopeful Mitch Marsh would be available for the Bangladesh ODI series however he is still returning to full fitness from an ankle injury," Dodemaide said. "Mitch will join the group in Dhaka and begin preparations for the T20I series.

"We're excited to welcome Todd Murphy into the ODI squad for the first time, while it made sense for Ollie Peake and Matt Short to stay with the group following the Pakistan tour."

The ODI series will begin on June 9 in Dhaka. All three ODIs will be played there. The T20I series is scheduled to commence on June 17 in Chattogram. The Bangladesh tour will conclude on June 21.

Australia squad for ODI series vs Bangladesh

Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (c), Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Todd Murphy, Oli Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Matt Short, Adam Zampa.

Australia squad for T20I series vs Bangladesh

Mitchell Marsh (participation subject to fitness), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Joel Davies, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Adam Zampa.