Australia vs India: Cummins eyes Border-Gavaskar bounce-back

Australia caput into the archetypal Test against India connected Friday seeking to extremity the tourists’ Border-Gavaskar dominance.

Captain Pat Cummins has hoisted conscionable astir each trophy successful cricket arsenic portion of ascendant Australian teams but wants to tick the past container with a Test bid triumph against India implicit the adjacent 2 months.

While celebrating a slew of World Cup wins and Ashes triumphs successful caller years, Cummins and a fig of his teammates person known lone decision successful the past 4 Test bid against India, astatine location and away.

“I deliberation for astir fractional the change-room, we haven’t won the Border-Gavaskar (trophy),” the accelerated bowler told reporters astatine Perth Stadium connected Thursday connected the eve of the series-opening test.

“So (it’s) benignant of 1 of the past things to tick disconnected for a batch of us. Almost each situation that we’ve had thrown astatine america implicit the past fewer years, we’ve stepped up and done well.

“To bash that for different year, different location summertime would benignant of cement this. Rather than it’s been a 2 oregon 3 play thing, it’s abruptly into a half-generation thing. So we’re each excited (having) India close retired determination … 1 of the champion teams successful the world.”

Jasprit Bumrah, left, volition skipper India successful the archetypal Test of the bid [Paul Kane/Getty Images]

Australia anticipation to extremity acquainted woes against new-look India

India volition person a antithetic look successful this five-Test bid to the injury-ravaged squad who claimed a stunning 2-1 triumph implicit the Tim Paine-captained Australians successful the past circuit successful 2020-21.

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah volition skipper India successful Perth portion regular skipper Rohit Sharma takes permission to attraction for his newborn baby.

Left-handed batsman Devdutt Padikkal is among respective caller faces successful the squad and could beryllium drafted successful for his 2nd Test pursuing a thumb wounded to Shubman Gill.

Cummins said Australia had made plans for the full India squad and were not taking immoderate of the newcomers lightly. “Most of america person played IPL (Indian Premier League) and seen however galore newcomers travel successful and benignant of measurement up consecutive away,” helium said.

“They’re missing a mates of guys we’re much acquainted with, but we cognize whoever they prime is going to be, oregon they evidently deliberation they’re bully capable for Test cricket.”

Australia volition besides person an unfamiliar look with David Warner not opening the batting. But portion Cummins said the retired Warner was “hard to regenerate successful galore ways” helium hoped the uncapped Nathan McSweeney and established Usman Khawaja could bring retired the champion successful each different arsenic Australia’s caller opening brace and erstwhile Queensland teammates.

“The astir important happening for idiosyncratic similar Nathan who’s coming successful is conscionable to play his ain game,” said Cummins.

“He doesn’t request a onslaught complaint of 80 similar David did.”

The Optus Stadium successful Perth, Australia, volition big the archetypal lucifer [Paul Kane/Getty Images]