Will Have To Keep Him Quiet: Pat Cummins On Rishabh Pant Ahead Of Border-Gavaskar Trophy

India were able to retain the title in the last four successive BGT, which includes their famous series wins in 2018-19 and 2020-21, where Pant played a remarkable knock of 89 not out in Gabba and snatched the victory in style to end Australia’s 32-year undefeated run at their fortress.

Pant made a remarkable comeback in Test cricket against Bangladesh, after a long wait of 637 days due to a near-fatal car crash in December 2022, scoring 109 runs in the second innings, helping India in a 280-run victory in Chennai. (Rahul Dravid Was Regimented, Gautam Gambhir Is Relaxed: R Ashwin)

“Look, I think every team has one or two of those players who can take the game on. You know, we’ve got Travis Head and Mitch Marsh and those guys. I think with those guys, you know that they’re going to be aggressive. If you miss your area a little bit, they’re going to take the game on. Someone like Rishabh, he might play a reverse lap and it’s an incredible shot and that’s just part of who he is,” Cummins said on Star Sports.

“I think we’ve become a bit more accustomed to it nowadays when some of those ridiculous shots are a bit more common. He’s someone that’s had a big influence on a couple of series and we’ve got to try and keep him quiet,” he added. (ENG Vs AUS 3rd ODI: Why Is Australia Opener Travis Head Is Not Playing Against England? Read Here)

India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia the last two times it was played here in 2018/19 and 2020/21. Moreover, Australia have not won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series since 2014-15, when they won 2-0 on the home soil. (With IANS Inputs)