veteran wicketkeeper batsman brendan taylor Excluded from the rest of the ongoing program T20 World Cup Due to a hamstring injury in India and Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza admitted during the pre-match toss. match against australia Off to Colombo on Friday.

Taylor, 40, suffered a hamstring injury in the opening match of the tournament, which Zimbabwe won. Oman matchand had to retire with an injury on 31 of 30 pitches. He had taken three catches behind the stumps by then.

Zimbabwe A replacement has not yet been decided, and there are still two games left in the World Cup’s group stage. Tadiwanashe Malmani He will probably keep wickets against Australia. all rounder Tony Munyonga He joined the Zimbabwe Eleven in place of Taylor.

There were always concerns that Taylor would struggle to be selected in the eleven for the match against Australia, but it was understood that the team management would expect Taylor to be fit for the remaining matches and would exclude him from the match if he was unfit.

Taylor returned to international cricket in July 2025 after serving a three-and-a-half year ban for breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption regulations. Taylor, whose sanctions ended on July 25, was selected for Zimbabwe’s second Test against New Zealand in August. This was one of Taylor’s two Tests since his return, with two ODIs and 14 T20Is, after he conceded 282 runs, including 123 innings, in a T20 World Cup qualifying match against Botswana in September 2025.