Bumrah will be out of action for at least six weeks due to a back injury. It is the latest injury that the Indian pace leader is facing in recent times.
The two arch-rivals clashing against each other at a stadium as iconic as the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the marquee event, it really does not get much better than this.
The 2019 World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan is part of the squad. The 2016 T20 World Cup-winning captain Kieron Pollard is also a part of that squad along with Ravi Rampaul of West Indies and Wahab Riaz of Pakistan.
The change was necessary as Usman Qadir is yet to recover from a hairline fracture on his right thumb that he suffered during the 25 September T20I against England in Karachi. The leg-spinner will not be available for selection before 22 October as stated by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).