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Australia Test captain, Pat Cummins on Sunday, August 18 confirmed of taking an short break seeing the Test series ahead. The Australia pacer, who last featured in the T20 World Cup 2024 opened up on taking a break from national duty for upto eight weeks as he aims to re-energise himself in quest to lift the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, later this year.
Cummins, who returned from the USA after his maiden stint in the Major League Cricket (MLC) has been rested for the white-ball tour of UK to manage workload, seeing the busy summer ahead. Speaking on Fox Cricket, Cummins stated, “Everyone that comes back after a break is a little bit fresher, you never regret it.”
Highlighting on his past few months where he has been a consistent member of the side since the World Test Championship Final, he looks up to get a good seven or eight weeks before joining the side for the Test circuit. “I’ve basically been bowling no-stop since the World Test Championship final, nearly 18 months ago. This gives me a good seven or eight weeks completely off bowling so the body can recover, then you start building up again for the summer. It means you can hopefully bowl for a little bit longer, maintaining pace is a bit easier, makes you less susceptible to injuries,” he quoted.
Pat Cummins eyes Border Gavaskar Trophy win
Cummins, who has won all big titles, except for the Border Gavaskar Trophy, has his eyes set to the title. While adding that it is the only trophy he and several of his teammates haven’t won, Pat Cummins recalled some of his major achievements as captain of the side. “I’s the trophy I haven’t won before…. this is the one trophy a lot of our group haven’t ticked off,” Cummins told Fox Cricket.
"We've achieved some amazing things over the last few years as a Test group. You kind of back yourself to win every series at home. I think you need to try and be up there in the upper echelon of teams. That's what lies ahead of us this summer. They're (India) a really good side. We play them quite a lot, we know them really well, but we feel like we're really well placed also," he added.
