Sydney, Australia (BBN)-Australia captain Michael Clarke, who was suffering from hamstring injuries, will lead his team against Bangladesh in their second ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match.
Darren Lehman, the Australian coach, confirmed Clarke’s participation in the Saturday’s match.
Bangladesh will take on Australia in their second ICC World Cup match on February 21 at Brisbane at 9:30am (BST).
In their opening match, Bangladesh defeated World Cup debutant Afghanistan by 105 runs at Canberra in Australia on February 18.
Clarke had surgery on his hamstring less than two months ago and was set a deadline of this weekend if he was to take any part in the World Cup, reports BBC.
He has come through two warm-up matches, scoring 98 runs, and coach Darren Lehman confirmed the news.
Clarke 33, will replace George Bailey, who led Australia to victory over England last week.
He suffered two injuries to his left hamstring in 2014 before tearing his right hamstring while fielding in the first Test against India on December 13.
He even went so far as to suggest that the injury may have ended his career.
But, by 24 December, he stated his desire to be fit for the World Cup and returned to action in grade cricket on 31 January.
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