T20 World Cup 2022: Flop XI of tournament

4. Mitchell Marsh

Australia had a disappointing journey in this edition of the World Cup as they failed to defend the title by getting knocked out in the Super 12 round. In their journey, the Aussies trusted Mitchell Marsh in the number 3 position to accelerate the innings. Last year, Marsh’s incredible performance with the bat forced the Australian team management to shift Steven Smith's position.

While in the 2021 World Cup final against New Zealand, he proved the management’s decision right by delivering rapid innings of unbeaten 77 off 50 deliveries to take the team home. Looking at his glorified past, the Australian team management again relied on him for this World Cup, but Marsh, unlike last year, was unsuccessful with the bat. Playing four matches in the competition, he scored only 106 runs with an average of 26.50. 

In the first game of this World Cup against New Zealand, Australia were struggling to go after the gigantic target of 201 runs with the early dismissals of both openers David Warner and Aaron Finch and the team was dependent on him to build a healthy partnership with Glenn Maxwell to pull off the chase but he, instead of maintaining composure, crumbled under pressure and played a negligent stroke and went back to the pavilion. While in the game against Sri Lanka, he left the team in a risky state by playing a slow innings of 17 runs off 17 balls while chasing the target of 158.