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“It's time to make amends”: Pat Cummins ahead of Border Gavaskar Trophy

Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024
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Australia are hell-bent in their pursuit of taking back the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which India have kept since 2014-15 edition. The Border Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India is one of the most competitive Test series and its arrival is highly awaited. This year, the high-profile Test series, which will have five games, is set to begin on November 22 in Perth. In the last four editions, including the two in Australia, India have successfully outplayed Australia. Meanwhile, Australian skipper Pat Cummins has said that this time it will be 50-50 between both teams. 

"The last two series here in Australia, we haven't been successful, so it's been a long time. Hopefully, it's time to make amends. You know, we've played them  plenty of times where they've beaten us, but we've also had plenty of wins against them as well, which we'll draw confidence from. The most recent Test match was, of course, the World Test Championship in neutral conditions, and we came out on top in that match,” Cummins told Star Sports.

"It's always fiercely competitive, and it always feels like it's 50-50. I'm 10 out of 10 excited for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy," he added.

Australian vice-captain Steve Smith also shared his thoughts and is excited to play the series. 

"It's going to be a great series. You know, India have been playing outstanding cricket. We've been playing really good cricket the last couple of years. You know, we haven't beaten India in the last two times they've come out here. Obviously, got a terrific side, very well-balanced team, all bases covered."

"So, you know, they've played really good cricket out here. They've played good cricket when we've been over in India as well, where we know they're very, very difficult to beat. So it's going to be a big summer. It's going to be an exciting one. And yeah, I'm looking forward to it."

Australian veteran pacer Mitchell Starc compared Border Gavaskar Trophy to Ashes. 

"For Australian cricket, you've got the Ashes and then you've got the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in there. I mean there's a long history in the Ashes but that Border Gavaskar rivalry, if you like, has just grown from strength to strength over each series and now we see it as a five Test match series which is fantastic for not only the rivalry but for the series as well."

"Whether it's the calibre of player, the calibre of matches that we see as fans and as cricketers just continues to grow strength on strength each series and now India obviously winning a number of series in a row, it's created even a bigger rivalry between the two countries. I mean both teams are well known to one another, we play each other very often across the formats so I'm sure it'll be another exciting series but one I think that both experienced sides will showcase some fantastic cricket."

 

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