Australian skipper Pat Cummins attended a press conference a day before the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India in Adelaide. The hosts suffered a humiliating defeat by 295 runs in the first Test in Perth and will be looking to turn things around in the day-night Test. Being one of the most successful captains of Australia, having led the country to World Test Championship title and ODI World Cup title, Cummins is yet to win a Test series against India and will look to achieve this goal despite losing the first Test of a five-match series down under.
During the press conference, Pat Cummins said that half of the side from the current Australian squad hasn’t won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the players are a to tick this box in the ongoing series. “For half of the (Australian) change room, we haven't won the Border Gavaskar Trophy. It is one last thing to tick off for a lot of us. Almost every challenge that we faced in the last few years, we have stepped up and done well,” Cummins was quoted as saying by TImes of India. Notably, Australia last won a Test series against India in 2014-15.
Scott Boland replaces injured Josh Hazlewood as Pat Cummis confirms Australian XI for Adelaide Test
During the press conference, skipper Pat Cummins also confirmed Australia’s playing XI for the second BGT Test against India at Adelaide Oval starting on December 6. In place of injured Josh Hazlewood, fast bowler Scott Boland has made it into the playing XI for the pink ball Test match against India. Apart from that, there is no other change in the playing XI that played the first Test in Perth.
Have a look a Australia playing XI for 2nd BGT Test in Adelaide: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
