IND vs AUS: Steve Smith will captain in the fourth Test as well, Pat Cummins in Australia with sick mother

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regular captain of australia Pat Cummins He is in Australia with his ailing mother and in his absence will play in the fourth and final Test. steve smith Will take charge of the team. In the absence of Cummins, Smith also captained the team in the Indore Test. After the Delhi Test, Cummins had left for home due to his mother’s illness. Cricket.com.au reported that Cummins is still in Sydney.

Eyes on the World Test Championship

After the last Test, Australia has to play three ODIs on the tour of India. The decision regarding Cummins’s play in this will be taken later. Under Smith’s captaincy, Australia won the Indore Test by nine wickets. India is leading 2-1 in the series and will have to win the last Test to qualify for the World Test Championship. Australia has qualified for the World Test Championship final to be held in London in June.

Nathan Ellis replaces Richardson in ODI squad

Smith said after the Indore Test that he fully enjoyed the captaincy but this is Cummins’ team. He said, my time is up. Now it’s Pat’s team. He had to go home in difficult circumstances. Our sympathies are with him. He said, I like captaining India. Every ball is exciting and there is a lot of fun. The website also reported that Nathan Ellis will replace the injured Joey Richardson in the squad for the ODI series starting March 17.

Must win for India

Talking about the match, the Indore pitch of the third Test was criticized a lot and the ICC termed it as a bad pitch giving three demerit points. Earlier, in the Nagpur and Delhi Tests too, the game was over on the third day itself. Winning the Ahmedabad Test is essential for India to make it to the finals of the World Test Championship. The Gujarat Cricket Association is making a normal pitch in Ahmedabad.

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