The Australian team landed without Pat Cummins in the third Test as well. He won this test match played in Indore under the captaincy of Steve Smith.
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New Delhi. The difficulties of the Australian cricket team do not seem to be reducing. The team has somehow made a comeback in the series but the bad news for them is that their captain will still not be back. Cricket Australia has issued an official statement saying that even in the Ahmedabad Test Pat Cummins Not expected to return. Like the Indore Test, star batsman Steve Smith will captain the team in Ahmedabad as well. Cummins is currently in Australia.
Cummins returned home after the first two matches of the Border Gavaskar series to take care of his ailing mother. After the Delhi Test, he did not reach Indore and from there took a flight to Australia and went to his family. Cummins’s mother is suffering from breast cancer and at present her condition is very serious.
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Cummins return not decided
Cricket Australia said in its statement, ‘The presence of Cummins is not fixed for the fourth Test and then the ODI series. Cummins is also our captain in ODI format. We are with them in this difficult time. Under the captaincy of Cummins, India lost two Test matches played in Ahmedabad and Delhi. However, after this, Smith took command of the team in the Indore Test. Under the captaincy of Smith, Australia defeated India by nine wickets.
Barmy Army boosted the morale of Cummins
During this time, the Barmy Army, supporters of the England team, encouraged Cummins and his mother by playing the tune of the song Maria from the film West Side Story from Tuhri (instrumental) during the New Zealand and England match in Wellington. Cummins’s mother’s name is also Maria. Legendary batsman Ricky Ponting, while referring to the Barmy Army, said that the sympathy shown by the cricket community for the ailing mother of Pat Cummins is fantastic. Ponting said, I have spoken to Cummins twice. When I came to know that he was leaving the tour midway and going home, then I could understand the reason for this. His mother has been ill for the last few years.
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