IND vs AUS: Australian camp upset after losing to India, understand from captain Pat Cummins’ answer in press conference – Australian captain makes big statement on playing xi after defeated by India in nagpur test

Nagpur: Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted that the humiliating defeat in the first Test against India will leave a psychological scar on the team. The Kangaroos were beaten by an innings and 132 runs in the first match of the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The next match of the series is to be held in Delhi from 17 February. In such a situation, the team would like to return under any circumstances. After the crushing defeat, Cummins has given a big statement on the team selection.

Pat Cummins was also questioned over team selection as he did not include batsman Travis Head in the playing XI, who has been in fine form over the past 12 months and is fourth in the ICC rankings for batsmen. The Australian captain said, ‘We know that Travis Head is a quality batsman. He is a big part of this team, but yes.. we have faith in the 11 people who played the match.


Cummins admitted that his batsmen need to be more active and come on the front foot against the Indian spinners. The Australian team arrived in India after defeating Pakistan and Sri Lanka and were hoping to do well on the spin tracks here, but the results are there for all to see. After this crushing defeat, the Australian captain said that his players will have to forget the defeat and plan to deal better against the Indian spinners in the next matches.

The Kangaroo team was reduced to just 91 runs in the second innings, in which Ravichandran Ashwin took five wickets for 37 runs. Thrown an excellent spell of 5-37. In the match, Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first, but the visiting team was reduced to just 177 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets for 47 runs for India in the first innings. In response, the Indian team put up a mountain of 400 runs, in which captain Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 120, Ravindra Jadeja scored 70 and Akshar Patel scored 84 runs.

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