The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is what Captain Pat Cummins of Australia has in mind as he focuses on it with full determination. He is hopeful of recovering this valuable piece of trophy during this summer.
Since the last tour conducted by Australia on in 2014-15, they have never possessed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India has won each of the previous two series held in that country and they are looking forward to making it three wins on a row this season.
During an interview with Fox Cricket, Cummins who has played against India for four times noted that many players in his generation have lived in vain waiting to win this trophy-Cummins though thinks otherwise since he believes that they can triumph at home.
“It’s the trophy I haven’t won before … this is the one trophy a lot of our group haven’t ticked off,” Cummins said.
“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 to try and be up there in the upper echelon of teams. That’s what lies ahead of us this summer.”
“They’re 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.
Even though Australia misplaced the Border-Gavaskar Trophy last year; they triumphed over India during the World Test Championship (WTC) final which was held at The Oval by a wide margin. Not only did Cummins and his team defeat their Indian counterparts, but they also won against them in the 50-over World Cup finals too.
“I’ve essentially been bowling continuously since the World Test Championship final”- Pat Cummins
The Australian fast bowler, who will miss the upcoming tour of Scotland and England, thinks that this break will be beneficial for the home summer. He said so according to the previously mentioned source:
“Everyone that comes back after a break and is a little bit fresher, you never regret it. I’ve basically been bowling non-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.”
The highly anticipated Test series against India starts on November 22 at Optus Stadium in Perth.
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