Australian batter Aaron Finch announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday (7th February). He ended his career on high as he was longest reigning Australian captain in T20Is. He led the side from the front as he had the most runs by an Australian in Men’s T20Is (3120) followed by the highest individual score in Men’s T20Is (172) and most fours (309) and sixes (125) by an Australian in Men’s T20Is.
3 Players who could replace Aaron Finch as Australian T20I captain
Finch won the first-ever T20 World Cup for Australia in 2021 as he led his side beautifully and scripted history. He will go down as one of the finest white-ball Australian cricketers to have played the game of cricket. He was a great servant of Australian cricket as he represented the team in 5 Tests, 146 ODIs and 103 T20Is, scoring over 8000 runs across formats with 19 centuries. As he retired from the game of cricket, let’s take a look at 3 Players who could replace Aaron Finch as Australian T20I captain:
T20 World Cup winning captain, highest individual score in T20I, 19 hundreds with more than 8000 runs including 507 runs in the 2019 ODI World Cup for Australia.
Thank you, Aaron Finch. pic.twitter.com/xhT72f0XQC
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 7, 2023
Marcus Stoinis
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis can be one of the names popping up for the Australian T20 captaincy. The right-hander has been one of the best players for the team in the shortest format of the game and his experience would be one thing that might come in his favour. With him being the contributor in all three departments of the game, the team can hand him the responsibility.
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell is one of the players who can replace Aaron Finch as the T20I captain of Australia. The all-rounder is one of the best batters in the shortest format of the game and could be the prime candidate for the role. With him being experienced and also his success as a skipper in BBL, Australia might get tempted to bring him as the skipper. Also, him being young, he could be among the right candidates to captain the team.
Matthew Wade
Wicketkeeper batter Matthew Wade can be another option who can replace Aaron Finch as the T20I captain of Australia. The southpaw can be a short-term replacement as he’s in the final years of his career. But with the kind of player, he is one cannot rule him out. He has led Australia a fair amount of times in the absence of senior players and has done a significantly good job. Therefore he also a possibility.
