Pat Cummins Says ‘No One’, When Asked Which Indian Player Can Slot Into Australia Team – News18

Last Updated:November 19, 2024, 23:38 IST

Pat Cummins said he will not pick one Indian player to be in his Australian team.

Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins pose for photo with Border-Gavaskar Trophy. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Pat Cummins does not think any Indian cricketer can make it into the Australian team. Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which gets underway from November 22 at Perth, the Australian crickets were asked quest if given a chance which Indian cricket they think would slot into their team.

When Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head named at least one Indian player, skipper Pat Cummins revealed that he doesn’t need any Indian player in the Australian side.

“No one,” Cummins was quoted as saying to Fox Cricket.

“It’d be a pretty strong batting lineup having Smith, Marnus and Virat in your top order,” Nathan Lyon said.

“Rishabh Pant. Batting at No.5, he is such a good light-hearted, young fellow. He was my skipper at Delhi Capitals, he is a ripper,” Mitchell Marsh said.

“I’ll go Rohit Sharma at the top, he is batting pretty aggressively, isn’t he? I am happy with an aggressive bloke. Think you would have thought a generic response like Virat so I’ll go the other way and go Rohit at the top,” Travis Head said.

“I’ll choose Jasprit Bumrah. He is a three-format player and one of the best bowlers in the world,” Scott Boland said.

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The Indian cricket team have a tough seven and a half weeks of Test cricket Down Under.

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25: Full Schedule

India vs Australia 1st Test, Perth: November 22-26 from 7:50 am IST

India vs Australia 2nd Test, Adelaide: December 6-10 from 9:30 am IST

India vs Australia 3rd Test, Brisbane: December 14-18 from 5:50 am IST

India vs Australia 4th Test, Melbourne: December 26-30 from 5:00 am IST

India vs Australia 5th Test, Sydney: January 3-7 from 5:00 am IST

India slid down to number two in the World Test Championships after suffering an unprecedented 3-0 whitewash at the hands of New Zealand for their first Test series loss at home in 12 years.

India squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (Wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Rishabh Pant (Wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.