Australia’s white-ball skipper Aaron Finch is confident about leading an “ageing side" in the ICC T20 World Cup later this year, and hinted the marquee event could be a swansong for several cricketers.

As Australia gearing up to defend their T20 World Cup title at home, the 35-year-old Finch said that lifting the coveted trophy in front of a capacity MCG crowd would be a dream come true.

“It might be a full stop on everything (several players retiring from T20Is, including him) if it goes to plan like that. Fairy tales can happen in sport," Finch was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au during the 100-day countdown celebration to the mega event on July 8.

Asked about his white-ball future post the T20 World Cup, Finch said, “Good question… It obviously shifts to a 50-over World Cup focus… after the (T20) World Cup, so I don’t think there’s too many T20 games in the next 12 months (after the World Cup) anyway. So I don’t know.

“I think just naturally when guys get to their mid-30s, it’s going to be that way. Davey (Warner) just keeps going; he could play for another 10 years, I think, with how fit he is and how much he loves the competition and continuing to challenge himself.

“(Matthew) Wadey has gone through a few phases (and) he’s now become so important to the structure of our team, batting at seven there and being so dynamic. But it’s an ageing side, isn’t it? Especially in that batting group," he further added.

According to Aaron Finch, the World Cup in Australia would be “incredibly tough".

“It’s going to be an incredibly tough competition. We saw how brutal the format is with South Africa winning four out of their five games at the last World Cup and still not qualifying on net run rate. It’s just so brutal that you do need a bit of luck along the way. So let’s see."

(With IANS inputs)