Smith out of the team (Photo: PTI)
Australia T20 Squad: The T20 series between Australia and Pakistan is to start from January 29. For this the Australian team has to tour Pakistan. The big thing is that Steve Smith, who was seen in red hot form in the current season of Big Bash League, is out of that Australian team. Apart from him, Glenn Maxwell, who hit the most sixes in T20 International for Australia, has also been kept out of the Pakistan tour.
Meaning of Maxwell and Smith not being in the team
The T20 series against Pakistan is being organized just before the organization of T20 World Cup 2026. In such a situation, the absence of Maxwell and Smith in that series also means that both those players cannot be a part of the Australian team in the T20 World Cup.
T20 World Cup 2026 is starting from 7th February. Whereas before that, the 3-match T20 series between Australia and Pakistan will start from January 29. Australia has to tour Pakistan for the T20 series, all three matches of which will be played in Lahore.