Aaron Finch's Captaincy Under Scrutiny After T20 Series Loss Against New Zealand

Critics led by former great Mark Waugh have questioned Aaron Finch's ability to captain Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup after another failure during their New Zealand tour. World number two Au

"The first thing with Cummins -- and he'd be my first choice -- is he's going to hold his place in the team all the time, and secondly, he's an inspirational cricketer," Chappell told Channel Nine.

"If you can't be inspired by Pat Cummins no one is going to inspire you."

Despite this, Finch received staunch backing from Stoinis, who said his teammates felt the same way, declaring: "We've got his back."

"He's arguably the best T20 batter in the world over a long period of time," he said after the Dunedin match. "His record's so good and he's our captain... in our heads we just trust him."

The third T20 is in Wellington on Wednesday.