India, Feb. 12 -- Australia have had to deal with a barrage of personnel changes within their ODI camp right on the eve of the ICC Champions Trophy, as a host of injuries and uncited personal reasons have seen some of their most seasoned campaigners - captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood prime amongst them - drop out of the squad, to be replaced by younger but inexperienced youngsters in Pakistan.

One of the more surprising decisions, therefore, is the retirement of Marcus Stoinis, who announced his retirement from the ODI format despite having been named in Australia's squad for the Champions Trophy. With Australia now having to scratch together a squad to compete, Stoinis came in for criticism from his former captain...