Australian captain Aaron Finch admitted that the hosts failed to capitalise in the final overs after his team suffered a 6-run defeat in an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up match against India at The Gabba, Brisbane, on Monday (October 17).
Australia were in a great position to win the warm-up match, but Mohammad Shami snared three wickets in the final over to restrict the hosts to 180 while chasing 187 for victory to help India win the match by 6 runs on Monday. Kane Richardson took Australia's most wickets with a four-wicket haul.
Aaron Finch said in a post-match presentation: “We learned that we need to be clinical towards the back end, we didn't capitalize towards the end. We did drag them back after that blistering start from KL, happy with my own form.”
The skipper added, “He's fantastic (on Kane Richardson), every opportunity he gets for Australia, he's there performing, that shows the depth of our pace bowling unit. 22nd will be a great day, looking to start off on a winning note, playing against New Zealand and at the SCG will be always special.”
Notably, Australia will open it T20 World Cup 2022 campaign against New Zealand on October 22.
Here’s Australia's squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022:
Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
(With ANI Inputs)
