Australia's Aaron Finch batting against India during their T20 cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Hamish Blair
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aaron Finch is to be dumped as Australia's captain in the shortest form of the game and replaced by test skipper Steve Smith just a month before the start of the World Twenty20, The Age newspaper reported on Monday.
Opener Finch, who has been struggling with a hamstring injury, was named captain in Sept. 2014 but only skippered the side on six occasions as Australia concentrated on other forms of the game.
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