Sydney, May 25 -- Australia's head coach Andrew McDonald backs the pace trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood to play the 2027 ODI World Cup, but admitted that Cricket Australia (CA) need to invest in their bodies to set the star pacers up for 2027.

Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood were among the major omissions from Australia's ODI squads for the white-ball tours of Pakistan and Bangladesh, scheduled from May 30 to June 21. All three had missed the first half of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) due to separate injury concerns.

While Cummins and Hazlewood are set to feature in the IPL playoffs, which clash with the beginning of the Pakistan tour, none of the three will take part in the ODI matches in June after the I...