Smith, who is Australia's premier batter in Tests and ODIs and is considered as one of the finest longest format batters of all time, was dropped from the ICC T20 World Cup squad in favour of more younger, hard-hitting batter.
A ticket to the final round of ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualifying is up for grabs for four teams at Sub-Regional Qualifier A in Samoa, beginning on Saturday.
Samson, recently a member of India's ICC T20 World Cup winning team in West Indies and USA, has mostly been used as a back-up wicketkeeper-batter across both white-ball formats. He did not get to play even a single match in the tournament.
When India lifted the Men's T20 World Cup 2024 trophy, their first senior ICC title in 11 years, on 29 June, the usually reserved Rahul Dravid joined the revelry and let out a celebratory outburst after being invited on the stage by the players.
Former Indian coach and skipper Rahul Dravid opened up on his lowest point as Men in Blue's head coach, revealing it to be India's series loss to South Africa back in the 2021-22 season.
Taskin hasn't played a Test match in more than 12 months and battled a shoulder injury during the lead-up to the recent ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies, as per ICC.
Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri believes Suryakumar Yadav's catch in the final over was the game-changing moment in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes the wicketkeeping skills of Rishabh Pant in the T20 World Cup turned out to be the factor that surprised everyone.
Shastri followed the tournament closely as a commentator and listed his standout moments from the T20 World Cup that saw India defeat South Africa by just seven runs in a thrilling final in Barbados.