Australia Cricket Black Armbands: Why are Australian cricketers wearing black armbands today in Sydney ODI vs India?

Australia Cricket Black Armbands: The Australian cricketers are wearing black armbands in the ongoing first ODI at the SCG.

During the first ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Sydney, Australian captain Aaron Finch has won the toss and chose to bat as himself and David Warner have come out to open the batting against the likes of Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah.

In what is a cautious start by the two senior Australian batsmen, they would be looking to stage a solid opening partnership for the recent history at the Sydney Cricket Ground has mostly witnessed high-scoring matches.

Moreover, given the prowess of the current Indian batting line-up, Australia wouldn’t want to settle for a regular ODI score.

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Australia Cricket Black Armbands

The Australian players have caught the attention of the fans in this match for wearing black armbands. It is worth mentioning that the same has been done as a tribute for former Australia batsman Dean Jones who had passed away due to a cardiac arrest while being part of the commentary panel for Star Sports in the recently concluded 13th season of the Indian Premier League.

Jones, 59, who made his international debut in 1984, ended up playing 52 Tests and 164 ODIs before playing his last international match in 1994.

Other than paying a tribute to Jones, Australian cricketers also paid a tribute to late Australia batsman Phillip Hughes as today marks the sixth anniversary of his demise.

“Today, as they take the field at the SCG, Australia’s limited overs squad will walk past Phillip Hughes’ plaque, which stands in perpetuity atop the players’ race. Our thoughts are also very much with today’s players and all who played with or against Phillip,” Interim CEO of Cricket Australia Nick Hockley had said in a statement before the start of the match.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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