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\nFormer Australia opener David Warner has backed the one-day World Cup holders to do well in the Champions Trophy later this month despite losing several key players close to the tournament.
\nAustralia will need to make four changes to their preliminary squad for the eight-team tournament beginning on February 19 in Karachi, Pakistan.
\nRegular captain Pat Cummins, fellow quick Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Mitch Marsh have been ruled out with injuries, while Marcus Stoinis withdrew himself after his shock decision to quit ODIs on Thursday. \u201cAustralia are very good in the World Cups and Champions Trophies and in tournament play. So, the Australian team knows how to win. They know how to succeed. It doesn\u2019t matter what players they play,\u201d Warner told a virtual press conference.
\n\u201cThe guys are all built with playing under pressure. So, I think, whoever replaces those guys would do very well and the team in general would do great as well.\u201d
\nAustralia have won the Champions Trophy twice, in 2006 and 2009, making them the most successful team in the tournament alongside India, who won in 2002 and 2013. Australia are presently engaged in a two-match test series in Sri Lanka, leading 1-0 following a comprehensive innings and 242-run victory in the opening test in Galle.
\nAsked about Australia\u2019s decision to drop Sam Konstas and promote Travis Head as Usman Khawaja\u2019s opening partner, Warner deferred the question to the selectors.
\n\u201cThey\u2019ve obviously wanted to get off to a good start and be positive. I think that\u2019s what they envisaged with Travis Head going up the order. But, I don\u2019t know. You\u2019d have to ask them (selectors) why that happened,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Former Australia opener David Warner has backed the one-day World Cup holders to do well in the Champions Trophy later this month despite losing several key players close to the tournament. Australia will need to make four changes to their preliminary squad for the eight-team tournament beginning on February 19 in Karachi, Pakistan. Regular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n