His replacement last played a T20I for Australia in 2023.
Australia won the three-match ODI series against India 2-1. Next up, the T20Is will begin on October 29 in Canberra. However, the hosts will be without their premier spinner, Adam Zampa, for at least three of the total five games. As a replacement, Tanveer Sangha is added to the mix. Earlier in the 50-over series, Zampa had played only two out of three games.
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Australia’s leg-spinner has been ruled out of half of the series to be with his family in New South Wales. Adam Zampa and his wife, Harriet, are expecting the birth of their second child.
The 33-year-old is expected to rejoin the squad ahead of the fourth T20I on November 6 in Gold Coast.
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A like-for-like replacement, Tanveer Sangha, is called up after his last T20I in December 2023, which also happened to be against the same opponents.
Sangha made his T20I debut in August 2023, a couple of months before his 20th birthday. In seven T20Is played in a span of a few months, Sangha had taken 10 wickets, which included a four-wicket haul. However, his economy inches toward a high of nine.
Overall in T20s, Sangha has 77 scalps from 58 outings across three leagues – Major League Cricket (MLC), Big Bash League (BBL), and The Hundred.
More recently, albeit in a different format, the leggie was involved with New South Wales in two One-Day Cup matches. He returned with four wickets. Earlier, he was part of the Australia A team too, on the tour to India.
Mitchell Marsh (C), Sean Abbott (matches 1-3), Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman (matches 3-5), Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis (matches 4-5), Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood (matches 1-2), Ben McDermott (standby) Glenn Maxwell (matches 3-5), Travis Head, Josh Inglis (WK), Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe (WK), Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, and Tanveer Sangha.
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