Australia left the greatest World Cup wicket-taker of all time out of its team to face Afghanistan and lost. Will he return in the showdown with India?
Superstar seamer Mitchell Starc was left out of Australia 's team that lost its last T20 World Cup game to Afghanistan.
India top Group 1 in the Super 8s stage with two wins from two outings, leaving Australia , Afghanistan and Bangladesh to battle it out for second spot. "I was comfortable with that decision, and now we've got to turn our focus to India, a totally different line-up, a totally different surface, and we've got to make good decisions at the selection table."You can't play the same game twice. You can't put Mitch Starc in there or Nathan Ellis and work out what the game would have looked like.
Even if Australia beats India, it is no guarantee to go through given Afghanistan could still overtake the Aussies on net run rate by posting a huge win over Bangladesh.But playing into Afghanistan's hands is the fact its match against Bangladesh comes after Australia's clash, meaning it will know what equation is needed in order to snare second spot.ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation.
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