Australia captain Steve Smith has said that the team will go for a 'flexible' approach during this year's Champions Trophy. Australia are missing some key players ahead of the start of the tournament.

Australia's stand-in captain, Steve Smith, has detailed a 'flexible' plan for the upcoming Champions Trophy. The team is already facing a lot of challenges with several key players missing due to injuries. Despite a lackluster 0-2 loss in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Smith is hopeful of Australia's performance in the tournament.

The last time Australia played a match in an ICC ODI tournament without all three of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood was in the 2013 Champions Trophy in their first group game against Sri Lanka. Cummins and Hazlewood were not even part of the squad at that time, while Starc was benched for that game.

Australia pulled off a monster chase against England in the Champions Trophy on Saturday after Josh Inglis's incendiary hundred helped them to prevail in a high-scoring Group B thriller by five wickets.

Josh Inglis marshaled two-time champion Australia’s record-breaking run chase at the Champions Trophy with a 77-ball century to hand England a five-wicket defeat on Saturday. Inglis finished with an unbeaten 120 off 86 balls for a maiden ODI hundred that included eight fours and six sixes as Australia cruised to 356-5 in 47.

Australia won the toss and elected to field against England in its opening Group B game on Saturday at the Champions Trophy. Australia is being led by Steven Smith after its World Cup-winning pace trio of captain Pat Cummins,

Following his side's win over England in their ICC Champions Trophy campaign opener, Australia captain Steve Smith commended the team's effort and said that they felt 350 runs were chaseable. Australia put aside all talks about a potential early exit from the Champions Trophy,