Veteran wk-batter Brendan Taylor will be missing the remainder of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 due to a hamstring injury.
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has confirmed Taylor’s injury during the toss ahead of the clash against Australia.
‘Brendan Taylor picked up an injury and he’s been ruled out of the competition,” said Sikandar Raza.
In his absence, Tadiwanashe Marumani will take over wicketkeeping duties, while all-rounder Tony Munyonga has been included in the lineup agianst Australia.
Taylor has played 36 tests, 207 ODIs and 59 T20Is since making his debut in 2004. He was retired hurt in his previous T20 innings last month as well. This is the third time he retired hurt in his last five T20 innings.
The 40-year old cricketer sustained the injury in their opening match against Oman where he made 31 runs off 30 deliveries and picked three catches behind the stumps.
With the group stage games approaching an interesting phase, Zimbabwe has named Ben Curran as replacement.
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘄𝗲’𝘀 𝗧𝟮𝟬 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has confirmed that Ben Curran has been named as a replacement for Brendan Taylor in Zimbabwe’s squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
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— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) February 13, 2026
The 29-year-old Curran, a left-handed top-order batter, has featured in eight Tests and eight One-Day Internationals for Zimbabwe and is yet to make his debut in the shortest format.
He will be joining the Zimbabwe T20 World Cup 2026 squad in Sri Lanka on the back of an impressive run in domestic white-ball cricket.
On the other hand, pacer Richard Ngarava also been rested of Friday’s Australia match. ”Richard Ngarava is more of a precautionary measure. His first scan and second scan has come back pretty positive. So he misses out today as well,” Raza said at the toss.
Zimbabwe squad: Sikandar Raza (c), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotene Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Ben Curran
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