Mumbai . Australia captain Pat Cummins said that if his team wants to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy, they will have to find a way to control Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. The five-Test series between India and Australia will start from November 22 in Perth. India has kept this trophy with itself for almost a decade. Meanwhile, he defeated Australia twice on its own soil. “I am a big fan of Bumrah,” Cummins said in the Star Sports press room. I think he is a great bowler. If we are successful in controlling him, it will help us a lot in winning the series.
Cummins said his team will take inspiration from the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup victories against the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team. “It’s been a long time since we played the last two series against them,” he said. We have recovered from that.” Cummins said, ”I have never played with him (Rohit Sharma) (in the same team) so I don’t know him very well. But it seems that they (Indian team) are very organized and their strategy is accurate.
The Australian captain said, “Fortunately, we have been successful in winning the World Test Championship final and the ODI World Cup in the last few years. We will try to take inspiration from them just like their team will try to take inspiration from some of their past successes here.” Cummins also said that the absence of Cheteshwar Pujara in the Indian team will be a different kind of feeling, who handled one end. By keeping this, the foundation of India’s victory in 2018-19 and 2020-21 was laid. He said, “It was always great to play against Pujara. He is one of those batsmen whose only aim is to stay at the crease and keep batting for as long as possible. I have enjoyed competing with him. Sometimes he was successful and sometimes I was. Now he is not in the team so it is going to be a different kind of experience.
Cummins said, “I have played a lot of cricket against him over the last few years and to be honest, I enjoyed it a lot. That was real cricket. He can play long innings but you also always feel that you also have a chance.” Cummins was asked whether the rivalry between India and Australia has become like the Ashes, he said, ”Yes I think so. India has won some series with us. We have had more success against England in the last decade. I think it is absolutely right to say so.
