Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch believes the Aussies' busy white-ball schedule will help him recapture his devastating form ahead of Australia's 2022 T20 World Cup.
Since 2021, Finch has made 23 ODI runs at an average of just over seven from three innings, and in his last 18 T20 matches, Finch has made 395 runs at 23.23, including two half-centuries.
The Australian captain also found himself "trying to go a little too hard" in the IPL, making 86 runs from five appearances for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Finch's record since 2018 in the IPL leaves a lot to be desired, with 488 runs at 19.52 from his last 27 IPL matches.
After Australia released the summer of cricket itinerary on Monday, Finch now has the elusive luxury of time to tinker with his technique out in the middle as the Australians set up their T20I World Cup defence, with 11 ODIs and 11 T20Is before the first ball of the World Cup.
"With such a busy schedule of cricket, there's a lot of time to be able to build, and I suppose get back into the groove of one-day cricket especially. We haven't played a huge amount of that over the last little while, so it'd be really nice to try and get some big runs and keep everyone off my back for a little while." Finch told cricket.com.au.
On the topic of his batting technique, Finch said "when you're worried about the ball swinging back into your front pad, you can tend to open up which then has a bit of a flow-on effect.
"They're obviously your most vulnerable times. But just squaring up my technique again. I was just a bit open and hips and shoulders and feet and everything and just lost the ability to transfer my weight back through the ball," he said.
Fighting his way out of a form slump isn't new to Finch, as he proved to us he can do it in 2019.
After only 75 runs from 10 appearances and three ducks for the 2018-19 season, Finch made 675 runs at 42.19 from 19 T20Is, including tours to India and the UAE to guarantee his spot, captaining Australia to their inaugural T20I World Cup title in 2021.
The Australian white-ball squad flies to Sri Lanka tomorrow with an almost full-strength team.
Pat Cummins (rest) and Adam Zampa (birth of his first child) are the only players missing from the World Cup-winning squad.
"Whether we jig our side to have two spinners or go with the three quicks and use the allrounders a bit more … we'll have to be flexible and I think that creates create some great options for us." Finch said on the potential XI.
Australia face Sri Lanka in Columbo for the first of three T20Is on the 7th of June.
