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Mitchell Marsh (C)

Travis Head

Josh Inglis (W)

Tim David

Mitchell Owen

Marcus Stoinis

Matthew Short

Xavier Bartlett

Nathan Ellis

Matthew Kuhnemann

Josh Hazlewood

India

Abhishek Sharma

Shubman Gill

Suryakumar Yadav (C)

Tilak Varma

Sanju Samson (W)

Shivam Dube

Axar Patel

Harshit Rana

Kuldeep Yadav

Varun Chakaravarthy

Jasprit Bumrah

Adam Palmer Zampa

Alex Tyson Carey

Beau Jacob Webster

Benjamin James Dwarshuis

Brendan James Doggett

Cameron Donald Green

Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly

Glenn James Maxwell

Jack Edwards

Jake Beath Weatherald

Jhye Avon Richardson

Josh Reginald Hazlewood

Joshua Patrick Inglis

Joshua Ryan Philippe

Mahli Beardman

Marcus Peter Stoinis

Marnus Labuschagne

Matthew Paul Kuhnemann

Matthew William Short

Matthew Thomas Renshaw

Michael Gertges Neser

Mitchell Ross Marsh

Mitchell J Owen

Mitchell Aaron Starc

Nathan Trevor Ellis

Nathan Michael Lyon

Patrick James Cummins

Scott Michael Boland

Sean Anthony Abbott

Steven Peter Devereux Smith

Timothy Hays David

Travis Michael Head

Usman Tariq Khawaja

Xavier Colin Bartlett

Arshdeep Singh

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

Dhruv Chand Jurel

Hardik Himanshu Pandya

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah

Jitesh Mohan Sharma

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Mohammed Siraj

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shubman Singh Gill

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav

Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Virat Kohli

Washington Sundar

Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal

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'He has no option but to be tight-lipped...': Srikkanth on 'most unlucky' Samson