New Delhi: Cricketers Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short are set to join Team Australia as two travelling reserves for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Both players have been named as reserves for the Australian squad for upcoming T20 World Cup.
The report stated that earlier, chief Australia selector George Bailey said the Aussies would carry just one reserve in the West Indies, however, they are likely to take two-star players, Fraser-McGurk and Short, into the tournament.
Australia have opted not to include a third spinner as their travelling reserve. Spinner Tanveer Sangha who was taken to the recently concluded ODI World Cup 2023 as their travelling reserve, has been kept out of the T20 World Cup 2024.
In IPL 2024, the Aussie batter Fraser-McGurk played for the Delhi-based franchise and displayed a stupendous performance in the tournament. He appeared in nine matches in IPL 2024 and scored 330 runs at a strike rate of 234.04.