Published: Aug 18, 2024, 11:52 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 18, 2024, 11:52 AM (IST)
Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins will take an 8-week hiatus to recharge as he looks to prepare for the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India later this year. By doing so, Cummins has also pulled out of the white-ball series against England set to commence from September 11.
This decision comes after Cummins just came back from his debut stint in Major League Cricket in the USA. He believes that this break will help to prepare him physically and mentally for the demanding summer ahead.
The upcoming Border-Gavaskar series is set to be quite critical for the Aussies as it has been almost a decade since they last won the trophy, and they have also conceded successive series defeats to India at home (in 2018/19 and 2020/21).
“Everyone that comes back after a break 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,” Cummins said.
“It means you can hopefully bowl for a little bit longer, maintaining pace is a bit easier, makes you less susceptible to injuries,” Cummins added.
“It’s the trophy I haven’t won before. This is the one trophy a lot of our group haven’t ticked off. 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,” Cummins further added.
The 5-match Border-Gavaskar series is set to commence from November 22 with the first match to be played in Perth.
