Hard to bowl to Warner when he is in form: Cummins

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New Delhi. Veteran opener David Warner’s record in India has again become a topic of discussion after Australia failed to win by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur. But Australia captain Pat Cummins is confident that Warner (averages 22.16 in Tests in India), who scored 200 against South Africa in last year’s Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), can make a comeback. .

Cummins said, I am not a selector. I don’t think they have had any meeting, but I am sure Warner will play in the second Test. You saw in the Boxing Day Test (against South Africa) this year, when he put pressure on the opposition. It is very difficult for the opposition team to bowl to him. I am sure it will be part of his plan.

He is batting really well, he said in the pre-match press conference. I know spin bowling in the middle order is going to be a problem, but sometimes batting with the new ball against spin is the toughest.

Cummins also revealed that left-handed batsman Travis Head is set to return to the team after missing the Nagpur Test. He was dropped for the Nagpur Test due to Head’s poor performance in the subcontinent.

Head averages just 21.30 in the subcontinent. Also, on Australia’s tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka last year, he was dismissed against spinners five out of six times.

In Nagpur, Australia were all out for 177 and 91 in both innings. The pitch in New Delhi is sure to be a spin-friendly wicket. Cummins feels the batsmen are well prepared to take on India’s challenges from Friday.(IANS)

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