India, Jan. 31 -- Australia have been forced to make a pair of precautionary changes a week before the start of the T20 World Cup, with the big blow being the loss of Pat Cummins from the squad. The Test and ODI captain had been brought into the squad despite not playing a T20I since the previous World Cup in 2024, but drops out again as his recurring back stress fracture continues to be a concern.

Cummins has spent time in the IPL in the 18 months following the previous World Cup, but hasn't had any gametime in the 20-over format in the Australian shirt. Cummins had been named alongside Josh Hazlewood, as well as Nathan Ellis and Zavier Bartlett as frontline seam options, with Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green providing all-round pace op...