‘Haga buenos planes’: Pat Cummins, tenga cuidado con el ‘peligroso’ Rishabh Pant antes de BGT

Australia’s Test captain, Pat Cummins, realises that Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma might be the bigger names, but none’s a bigger threat to them winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) than Rishabh Pant. Although Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill made massive contributions, it was the wicketkeeper that breached the fortress that was Gabba three years ago. 

Pant’s splendid record against Cummins, Starc & Lyon

Australians haven’t forgotten what Pant did in the last BGT. The southpaw has never been dismissed by Cummins in Test cricket and has done exceedingly well against Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon. He’s averaging 60 and 45.8 when going against them, and of the four Aussie bowlers, only Josh Hazlewood (average of 32) has troubled him. Even in the last series, it wasn’t the hosts that got Pant out, but he himself. 

Cummins wary of Pant

Since returning from that accident, Pant’s already hit three fifties and one hundred in five matches. Cummins is very much wary of the swashbuckling southpaw and will have some good plans ready for him come the Perth Test on November 22.

“Yeah, he is someone who always moves the game on pretty quickly, so for some of the players, you have to have some sound plans, too. He’s played well, he had a good series out here in Australia next time. So yeah, we know he can be dangerous when he gets going, so [we’ll] Haz buenos planes y espera que se hagan realidad.“ Pat Cummins dijo Tiempos del Indostán.

Récord de prueba de Rishabh Pant en Australia

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