Strongest playing XI for each team in the 2019 World Cup 

Australia

Warner and Smith are likely to be back

The last two years have been forgettable for Australia in white-ball cricket and the bans imposed on David Warner and Steve Smith for their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal didn't help their cause.

Though both Warner and Smith will return after the bans and are expected to be a part of the World Cup, the Aussies will not enter the tournament as the top-2 sides. But, World Cup is one tournament in which they have a great track record and with Warner and Smith having a lot to prove as they would look to get rid of the bad image they got in South Africa last year, one cannot take them lightly.

With Smith returning to Australia after one year, it is still unclear on whether he will be given the reins of captaincy or will Finch remain the captain till the World Cup.

Strongest Australia XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Pat Cummins.