Pat Cummins Makes Bold Prediction Warning India About Young Star Ahead of Border-Gavaskar Series

Indian cricket team will aim for glory in upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. India and Australia are two of greatest cricketing nations, and India’s recent whitewash against a 3-game Test series against New Zealand ds a lot more anticipation for 5-match Test series, which will start on November 22, 2024, in Perth.

Australian captain Pat Cummins me a huge statement about Nathan McSweeney ahe of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 

Rookie opener Nathan McSweeney will be entering his maiden Test series with a lot riding on him, but Australia captain Pat Cummins on Thursday offered him some comforting vice, saying he should focus on playing his natural game and not "imitate" his predecessor -- great David Warner.

McSweeney, 25, will be filling spot left vacant by retirement of Warner earlier this year and partner Usman Khawaja at top of order in marquee Border-Gavaskar Test series against India starting here on Friday.

"Davey is very hard to replace, in many ways. I think most important thing for someone like Nath, who is coming in, is just to play his own game. He doesn't need to strike it (at), you know, 80 like David did, if that's not his game," Cummins said at pre-match press conference.

"So for m (McSweeney and Khawaja), I would love to see m bring best out of each or, y have played a little bit and batted a bit toger for Queensland. But yeah, I think for both of m, it's about bringing what y bring to table.

"You know, for Uzzie, it's about getting bowlers to come back and back and back again. And I think Nath is pretty similar in that regard," Cummins ded.

A big fan of legendary Ricky Ponting, McSweeney has been tasked to open on his Australia debut despite not being a specialist in that position but he remains unfazed ahe of his big test in series-opener against India.

McSweeney was picked in squ for first Test ahe of regular openers including Marcus Harris.

He got a national call-up following a decent outing against India A earlier this month. He bats at number three in domestic cricket.

He faced formidable trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in Australia nets here on Monday and looked in control.

Raised in Brisbane, McSweeney played his junior cricket for Caboolture before gruating to Premier Cricket club Norrn Suburbs where he debuted in first gre aged 16.

India squ for five-match Test series vs Australia: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Ravindra Jeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (Wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohamm Shami, Rishabh Pant (Wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.

Australia Test squ for Border Gavaskar Trophy: Pat Cummins (C), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (Wk), Josh Hazlewood, Travis He, Josh Inglis (Wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.

(PTI Inputs)