Australia skipper Pat Cummins made it clear on Wednesday that his aspect shouldn’t be bothered by the dialogue relating to the pitch in Nagpur forward of the primary Test match beginning February 9. Ian Healy began the controversy by saying that the hosts shall be making the pitch to be able to swimsuit their sport plan and there have been a number of stories claiming India have been making an attempt to “doctor” the pitch. Cummins mentioned that it will likely be a problem for the aspect contemplating the circumstances shall be “custom-made” for India.
“These series always throw up different challenges on the field or off the field, and embracing it is what makes these tours so special. That’s part of the challenge of playing away. Home teams want to win at home. In Australia, we’re lucky we’ve normally got pace and bounce. Home match advantage, I don’t think it’s a terrible thing. It’s another challenge and makes touring over here even harder when you know the conditions are custom-made for them,” Cummins mentioned.
Australian cricket groups have not gained a Test sequence in India for the previous 19 years however present skipper Pat Cummins would inform anybody who cares to pay attention that his unit does not carry the bags of victories and defeats of his predecessors.
As Cummins leads Australia to one in all its hardest assignments in India, the skipper additionally underlined the significance of a very good first-innings rating, which shall be essential within the context of the sequence.
“No, this team is very different to a lot of the teams that have played here in the past. So we don’t carry the wins, we don’t carry the losses,” Cummins advised reporters when requested if previous outcomes would weigh closely on his thoughts.
“We know it’s tough to tour here, India are a really good cricket side, especially at home, so we are excited. And, yeah, we will give it our best shot,” Cummins added.
Asked about first-innings totals, the world’s premier speedster mentioned,”Yeah, I think it’s more important here than anywhere else in the world, that first-innings lead, hopefully. You just got to find a way to put a big total on the board, especially thinking if it is going to spin, it’s going to get really hard in that second innings.” “Rough will be outside left-handers’ off stump”
The Australian media has already began elevating a hue and cry about “doctored pitches” with one article in Sydney Morning Herald predicting the character of the wicket even earlier than a ball has been bowled on the VCA stadium observe.
Cummins, nonetheless, put issues in perspective, saying his lineup being loaded with left-handers had prompted curators to dry areas the place India’s right-hand seamers will create tough spots for the host spinners to use.
“Potentially, yes. Looks a little bit dry for the left-handers and knowing how much traffic will probably go through there from the right-arm bowlers, potentially might be a fair bit of rough out there,” Cummins mentioned.
But in contrast to his nation’s media, Cummins needs to embrace the problem.
“Again, that’s something we’ve just got to embrace. It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be challenging at times but our batters will relish the chance to problem-solve on their feet, and quite a few of them will get their chances to do that.” Cummins, nonetheless, did not wish to predict a first-innings rating.
“You have got to bat big in the first innings. It might not be the same for every venue. At some, 250 might be a good score, there might be other venues where you might need 500. Reading the wicket can be a bit difficult at times but you have to be ready for everything.” Lyon will bowl quite a lot of overs
(With PTI inputs)
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