MELBOURNE, – Captain Pat Cummins has hoisted just about every trophy in cricket as part of dominant Australian teams but wants to tick the last box with a test series win against India over the next two months.
While celebrating a slew of World Cup wins and Ashes triumphs in recent years, Cummins and a number of his teammates have known only defeat in the last four test series against India, at home and away.
“I think for about half the change-room, we haven’t won the Border-Gavaskar ,” the fast bowler told reporters at Perth Stadium on Thursday on the eve of the series-opening test.
“So kind of one of the last things to tick off for a lot of us.
“Almost every challenge that we’ve had thrown at us over the last few years, we’ve stepped up and done well.
“To do that for another year, another home summer would kind of cement this. Rather than it’s been a two-or-three season thing, it’s suddenly into a half-generation thing.
“So we’re all excited India right out there …. one of the best teams in the world.”
India will have a different look in this five-test series to the injury-ravaged squad who claimed a stunning 2-1 win over the Tim Paine-captained Australians in the last tour in 2020-21.