Australia should discover a option to hold Indian tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah quiet if they’re to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, reckoned captain Pat Cummins on Tuesday as they draw consolation from success in final two ICC finals towards their fierce rivals. The world’s high two Take a look at groups will conflict in a five-match affair beginning on November 22 in Perth and India will enter the competition having held the trophy for practically a decade, which incorporates profitable two consecutive collection Down Beneath.

“I am a giant fan of Bumrah. I feel he is a implausible bowler. Hopefully, if we are able to hold him quiet, that’s going to go an extended option to profitable the collection,” Cummins mentioned on the Star Sports activities Press Room.

“Alongside him, he has obtained another guys who have not performed loads over right here in Australia (that) we have not seen a number of. We’ll see the way it goes,” he added.

Cummins mentioned Australia will lean on blissful reminiscences of profitable the final two ICC finals — World Take a look at Championship and ODI World Cup — towards Rohit Sharma’s India.

“The final two collection had been a very long time in the past. We’ve got obtained over it,” he mentioned.

“I’ve by no means performed alongside him (Rohit Sharma), so I do not know him tremendous nicely. But it surely has appeared like they (Indian workforce) are fairly organised, fairly well-planned.

“Fortuitously, over the previous couple of years, we have had some success within the World Take a look at Championship ultimate and (in) a unique format for the ODI World Cup. We’ll be attempting to lean on these reminiscences. As I am positive they’re attempting to recollect among the earlier collection over right here as nicely,” he mentioned.

Pujara’s absence will give a ‘totally different really feel’

Cummins mentioned taking part in towards Cheteshwar Pujara, whose stoic resistance with the bat laid the muse of India’s away wins in 2018-19 and 2020-21, was ‘actual Take a look at cricket’.

“It was all the time nice taking part in (towards) Pujara. He was a type of guys who by no means actually felt like he was getting away from you. However then he would (simply) bat, bat, bat and bat,” he mentioned.

“I actually loved the competition towards him. Some days he received, different days I received. It will have a little bit of a unique really feel with out him. Pujara is a superb participant.”

“(I) had numerous battles towards him through the years. I fairly loved them, to be trustworthy. It was actual Take a look at cricket. He would possibly rating runs, however you all the time really feel such as you’re in for an opportunity.” Cummins mentioned taking part in towards India’s former No 3 batter was a battle of outlasting one another.

“It comes right down to nearly who desires to outlast one another, which I fairly like that side of Take a look at cricket. It will be a disgrace that he’s not there, however I am positive they’re going to choose another person who’s in the same sort of fashion,” he mentioned.

Cummins mentioned the India-Australia rivalry will now be “mirroring” the Ashes on condition that there shall be 5 Checks hereon.

“I do suppose it’s,” mentioned Cummins when requested if India-Australia rivalry matched that of the Ashes.

“Significantly, after the Indian workforce received the final couple of collection at (our) residence. We have had extra success towards England over the previous decade. I feel it is proper up there,” he mentioned.

” whenever you play towards India, you have obtained a number of Indian followers which can be watching. It is a barely totally different rivalry to England-Australia rivalry. However once more, now having a five-Take a look at match collection, it does mirror the Ashes collection very carefully,” he mentioned.

Cummins mentioned India’s status has been consolidated by profitable away from residence.

“Successful (in) Take a look at cricket away from house is as powerful because it will get in our sport and India have finished that all over the world. They’re actually, actually good at residence but additionally, one of many higher groups to journey as nicely — that is their status,” he mentioned.

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