To make brief return to Shield, Pat Cummins to use domestic cricket to prepare for Tests against India
The captain of Australia cricket team Pat Cummins is likely to play one or two Sheffield Shield matches in order to prepare for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. The all-rounder revealed that he will play at the start of November, right before the series against India.
Cummins is the latest to turn to domestic cricket in order to prepare for Tests following the Indian players who have been asked to do the same by the selectors.
Speaking to reporters, Pat Cummins stated that coach Andrew McDonald wanted to have a conversation about the same with the skipper. The all-rounder said that apart from 2-3 ODIs, he would most likely play a game or two of Shield, with a short stint for NSW.
Pat Cummins said, “So I’d say it’s either two or three ODIs, plus a Shield [game] or maybe just some Shield, maybe some NSW one-day stuff. I imagine kind of late October/early November will be when I start playing building up for the Tests.”
After finishing his stint at the MLC, Cummins has been rested from the white-ball tour against Scotland. Instead, he has been given the time to start preparing for the IND vs AUS series.