NEW DELHI: Australian captain Pat Cummins emphasised the importance of neutralising the threat posed by India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, in order to secure victory in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Cummins expressed this sentiment during an interaction on Tuesday, where he also found solace in Australia‘s recent triumphs over their intense adversaries in the last two ICC finals.
The highly anticipated five-match series between the world’s top-ranked Test teams is set to commence on November 22 in Perth.
India, the current holders of the trophy, have maintained their grip on it for nearly ten years, which includes securing back-to-back series wins on Australian soil.
“I’m a big fan of Bumrah. I think he’s a fantastic bowler. Hopefully, if we can keep him quiet, that is going to go a long way to winning the series,” Cummins said on the Star Sports Press Room.
“Alongside him, he has got some other guys who haven’t played a lot over here in Australia (that) we haven’t seen a lot of. We’ll see how it goes,” he added.
Cummins expressed confidence in Australia’s ability to draw upon their recent successes against India, specifically their triumphs in the previous two ICC finals – World Test Championship and ODI World Cup – highlighting the team’s victories in those crucial encounters with Rohit Sharma‘s side.
“The last two series were a long time ago. We have got over it,” he said.
“I’ve never played alongside him (Rohit Sharma), so I don’t know him super well. But it has looked like they (Indian team) are pretty organised, pretty well-planned.
“Fortunately, over the last few years, we’ve had some success in the World Test Championship final and (in) a different format for the ODI World Cup. We’ll be trying to lean on those memories. As I’m sure they’re trying to remember some of the previous series over here as well,” he said.