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Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh fielded queries connected Pakistan's boycott of its T20 World Cup lucifer against India and Bangladesh's removal from the tourney but refused to remark connected some the controversies, insisting that his sole absorption is connected winning the showpiece.
Marsh was facing the Pakistani media aft his squad was handed a 0-3 T20 bid whitewash by the location broadside present past night.
Aside from trying to explicate the performance, helium was besides asked astir his views connected the off-field play that has overshadowed the build-up to the large lawsuit which volition beryllium co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka starting February 7.
"I don't person immoderate remark connected that astatine this point. We are going to the World Cup to conscionable absorption connected what we are doing, we volition fto that worldly instrumentality attraction of itself," helium responded erstwhile asked astir his thoughts connected Pakistan's boycott of the India crippled connected February 15 successful Colombo.
The journalists past pressed him connected Bangladesh being ousted from the lawsuit for refusing to question to India connected relationship of "security concerns." He offered a dormant bat to that query arsenic well.
"The aforesaid goes for my erstwhile answer. We are going to the World Cup to effort and triumph it and we are solely focussed connected that. As the Australian team, we spot the radical determination to support america harmless and that's each I would say," helium said.
Australia would beryllium based successful Sri Lanka during the preliminary signifier and person games against the hosts, Ireland, Zimbabwe, and Oman opening February 11.
Marsh downplayed the setback against Pakistan and the evident anemic handling of spinners here.
In their 3 losses, the visiting batters were bamboozled by the rotation troika of Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan and Abrar Ahmed, who combined to snare 17 wickets.
"In isolation, this series, we struggled," Marsh admitted erstwhile asked astir the show that would origin interest fixed that the World Cup is besides scheduled successful spin-friendly venues.
"But implicit the past 18 months, we've been 1 of the champion teams successful the satellite and we've played rotation truly well. So, we'll instrumentality the learnings guardant to the World Cup. We cognize we're a precise bully broadside successful each conditions, truthful looking guardant to the World Cup," helium said.
"Some of the guys who haven't experienced these conditions earlier volition instrumentality these experiences guardant successful their careers."
