The Australian Cricket Board has just announced its squad for the ODI series, as well as the first two T20 matches against India starting from 19th October. Pat Cummins is not in the ODI and T20 squad against India. Here is the full story of why he has not been included.
Basically, India is ready for their tour of Australia. They will play a total of eight matches. First, there is a three-match ODI series starting from 19th October, and the last ODI is on 25th October. Just four days later, that is from 29th October, the five-match T20 series starts. The last and final T20 match is on the 8th of November, and the venue is Brisbane.
Why Pat Cummins is not in the ODI and T20 squad against India: Full story revealed
The Australian captain in the ODI and the test format, Pat Cummins, is not included in the ODI and T20 series because of an injury to his lumbar bone stress. Basically, the Australian Board does not want to take any kind of risk with their main star, Pat Cummins, who won them the ICC World Cup 2023 in India. He also did not feature in the ODI series that Australia played against South Africa in August.
Basically, the Australian captain got an injury during Australia’s test series against the West Indies. It was July 2025 when Cummins got the injury, and since then, he has been out of the team. The Australian Board wants its captain, Pat Cummins, to be fit for the Ashes. Which starts less than two weeks after the Australia-India series.
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The Ashes 2025/2026 start from 21st November 2025, with the first test between Australia and England in Perth. Basically, the Gabba (4th-8th December 2025), Adelaide Oval (17th-21st December 2025), Melbourne Cricket Ground (26th-30th December), and lastly Sydney Cricket Ground (4th-8th January 2026) are the venues and dates for the Ashes 2025/2026. Australia retained the Ashes series in 2023, as it ended in a 2-2 draw.
