Australia will be without wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis and spinner Adam Zampa for the first ODI of the three-match series against India, starting Sunday, October 19, at the Perth Stadium. The hosts are already missing several key names — Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, and Glenn Maxwell — ahead of the series opener.
Inglis is yet to recover from a calf injury
Inglis, who missed the recent New Zealand tour, is still recovering from a right calf injury and could also be unavailable for the second ODI in Adelaide on October 23. His absence means Australia will begin the series without both of their first-choice wicketkeepers. Alex Carey is playing in the Sheffield Shield ahead of the Ashes and will join the squad later.
As a result, Josh Philippe has been added to the squad. The 28-year-old last featured in an ODI in July 2021, with 65 runs from three innings.
“𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑰𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒑-𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒔,” 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆.
Zampa to miss the game due to family reasons
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa has also been ruled out of the first ODI owing to family commitments. The veteran is expected to return later in the series.
Meanwhile, Pat Cummins continues to recover from lumbar back stress and is targeting a return during the Ashes, which begins on November 21. Cameron Green, too, has opted to focus on red-ball preparations and will skip both the ODI and T20I legs against India.
“𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. “𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆.”
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