IPL: Cameron Green has starred with both the bat and ball to help lead RCB to a 35-run win over Pat Cummins' Sunrisers.
Spinner returns after 18-month hiatus; Aussie champ’s 10-year snub: T20 World Cup squad Winners, LosersMay 1st, 2024 5:23 pm
Green’s talent is undeniable – after he was snapped up by the Mumbai Indians on a record-breaking $3.15 million contract, he helped the IPL franchise qualify for last year’s finals with a dazzling century against the Sunrisers. The West Australian spinner, who lost his national contract last month, has not played T20I cricket since October 2022, with leg-spinner Adam Zampa keeping him on the sidelines.
Australian selector George Bailey said that history suggested the longer the tournament progresses, the more the pitches will be conducive to spin, hence the selection of Agar. During last year’s T20 series against India in the subcontinent, the West Australian gloveman smacked a career-best 110 in Visakhapatnam while batting at No. 3.
“He’s had some great success at the top of the order. He’s also had some a few opportunities through the middle as well. So he just provides that flexibility of role, depending on what we may be faced with.”Jake Fraser-McGurkFraser-McGurk, signed by the Delhi Capitals at the eleventh hour as an injury replacement, has lit up this year’s IPL by blasting 259 runs at 43.16 with an absurd strike rate of 233.33.
“It’s obviously been fantastic to see Jake play as well as he has the last couple of weeks in the IPL. It has been wonderful,” Bailey said. However, after clobbering twin hundreds for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League last year, Smith was given an opportunity to push his case as a T20 opener. “I think it’s probably for Steve to answer, what his goals or challenges are going forward and what he wants to achieve in the game,” Bailey said.
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