Jake Fraser-McGurk, who has set the Indian Premier League ablaze with his powerful batting, was not selected by the Australian team for the upcoming T-20 World Cup. In a podcast, Jake Fraser-McGurk spoke about his non-selection, saying that he feels that he has not earned his spot yet.
The Australian team has a powerful batting unit for the upcoming World Cup, and David Warner,Travis Head, and Mitchell Marsh have already been picked for the top order. It was highly anticipated that Jake Fraser-McGurk would not make a cut in the team.
In the podcast, Jake said, “The communication was really good. There are two ways you can look at it. You can look at it through, ‘This is what I’ve done to prove my case,’ and then there’s also, ‘Look, a month and a half ago, I wasn’t even in the picture.”
Fraser-Mcgurk further stated, “They probably had a good idea of what [the squad] was a month and a half ago, trying to build that and get the connection in the team. And it’s also hard to fit in. You’ve got David Warner, our best opener ever, in three formats. You’ve got Travis Head, who is lighting it up over here and has lit it up over the past 18 months. And then Mitch Marsh is the same, and he’s also the captain.”
The young batter said that the possibility of making his place in Australia’s top 5 was highly unlikely; however, it would have really benefited him if he had been picked as a traveling reserve.
Australia’s T20 World Cup Squad
Mitch Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, and Adam Zampa.
