Pat Cummins and Rishabh Pant will face off during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 in Australia. (Image: AFP)
With the rise in aggressive stroke play from the batters in cricket’s longest format, Australian skipper, Pat Cummins has his say on the rising trend influenced by Rishabh Pant.
With Test cricket seeing a rise in an aggressive brand of batting, Pat Cummins shared his thoughts regarding the change in approach from batters.
Cummins, the captain of Australia’s Test team shared his thoughts during a segment with Star Sports, he said, “Look, I think every team has one or two of those players who can take the game on. You know, we’ve got Travis Head and, and Mitch Marsh and those guys.”.
The Aussie skipper feels that it is their style of play which is to go after the bowlers with a scoring mindset and even compare it to that of Rishabh Pant.
” I think that those guys, you know, that they’re going to be aggressive. If you miss your area a little bit, they’re going to take the game on. You know, something like a Rishabh Pant might play a reverse lap and it’s an incredible shot. And that’s just part of who he is,” he added.
Cummins also went on to claim that the Indian wicketkeeper-batter has influenced bringing out the change in batting approach for the longest format.
“I think we’ve become a bit more accustomed to it nowadays when some of those ridiculous shots are a bit more common. But yeah, he’s someone that’s had a big influence in a couple of series and got to try and keep him quiet,” Cummins concluded.
Pant has already made a statement after his highly awaited return to Test cricket. After 637 days, the 26-year-old made a comeback where he starred with a century in the second innings against Bangladesh in Chennai.
He also had his fair share of antics while keeping as well which is expected to continue as the year leads up to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy where Team India will hope to retain the title against the mighty Aussies.
Prior to the Australia tour, Team India will complete their 2-match series against Bangladesh which will be followed by a three-match Test series against New Zealand as well.
