Australia

Australia have named 13-man team for upcoming T20I series against Pakistan but not named a captain. The players in the squad are, however, the ones who may be not be featuring in the upcoming five-Test Border-Gavaskar series against India which starts November 22.

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Australia chief selector George Bailey said that there are multiple players who are candidates for the captaincy.

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"I think there's a number of players with the ability to captain and some that have had some captaincy experience as well," Bailey said while revealing the squad. "We'll work through that."

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Bailey also acknowledged the fact that the India series played a role in the selection and with those two series being too close, most of the players are not part of the Pakistan T20Is.

"They just cross over a little bit in terms of the preparation," Bailey said. 

"The Test squad will be arriving in Perth and sort of finalising their Test prep around the time of that second T20. We've been really clear that we are prioritising the preparation for individuals around the Test summer and that'll be the first time that we get that group together. So rather than switching guys in and out and it becoming quite messy, it was just deemed more appropriate for a number of reasons to separate them out," he added.

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Australia would be hoping for a turn-around this time in the home Test series against India after losing two back-to-back series at home and in India as well. Australia last won against India in a Test series in 2014.

Australia's T20I squad vs Pakistan: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa