Mitchell Marsh out of World Cup indefinitely after returning home due to personal reasons

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New Delhi: Australia has suffered a major blow with the news that in-form all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has returned home due to personal reasons and will be out of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup indefinitely.

Marsh returned home from India on Thursday for personal reasons and Cricket Australia said “the timeline for his return to the team is to be confirmed.”

Australia have already lost fellow all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to an unexpected injury on the golf course for Saturday’s clash against England, and Marsh’s absence has added to the woes as the five-time World Cup champions face an injury in the knockout stage. Trying to make space.

Team members Alex Carey, Sean Abbott, Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green will be in the running to replace Maxwell and Marsh for the match with England, while spinner Tanvir Sangha is traveling with the team as a reserve.

Australia has the option of replacing Marsh if the all-rounder misses the remainder of the tournament, but all replacement players need to be approved by the event technical committee.

Marsh has a total of 225 runs and two wickets to his name in the World Cup so far, his best effort with the bat coming against Pakistan in Bengaluru when he scored a brilliant 121.

Australia will play its next match against its Ashes rivals England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

–IANS

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