New Delhi: Cricket fans are awaiting eagerly for the much-awaited clash between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting in November. The fierce rivals with reignite their rivalry in a five-match series in Australia, starting at Perth on November 26. The fact that the BGT Test series between India and Australia will be played over 5 matches for the first time since 1991-92, adds extra spice to the contest.
Ahead of the much-anticipated series, players from both sides are busy talking about the rivalry and opponents they will face in the coming months. Australian skipper Pat Cummins is the latest to join the trend. In an exclusive chat with Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the BGT, Cummins spoke highly of Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant.
The Aussie pacer hailed the explosive left-handed batter and termed him as someone very difficult to stop once he gets going and stressed the need to ‘keep him quiet’.
WATCH: PAT CUMMINS ON THREAT POSED BY RISHABH PANT
Pat Cummins talking about Rishabh Pant ahead of the BGT. 🥶
– Pant has earned the respect for everyone in cricket. pic.twitter.com/VW1Oi75vZz
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 23, 2024
Can Pant replicate Gabba heroics?
Pant was one the key members of the Indian cricket team which won the 2020-21 series Down Under. Pant shone for the Asian giants with a match-winning and unbeaten 89 off 138 balls to help India script history at Brisbane, winning at the venue for the first time in 32 years.
Pant’s unbeaten 89, Shubman Gill’s 91 and Cheteshwar Pujara’s 56 helped India achieve a huge 328-run target to win the Brisbane Test and eventually the series 2-1.
It was a historic performance by India, who won the BGT Test series on their second successive tour to Australia.
Pant marks Test comeback with smashing century
Pant made an immediate impact on his comeback to red-ball cricket with a sensational match-winning century against Bangladesh in the recently-concluded first Test at Chennai. Pant smashed his sixth century to power India to a comfortable 280-run win over Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in his first Test since recovering from a horrific car crash he had suffered in December 2022.
Besides six centuries, Pant also has six scores in the nineties in the longest format and averages nearly 45 in 34 Test matches.
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