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Australia defeated Team India at home and captured the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years. Under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, Australia defeated India 3-1 in the 5-match Test series, won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and also made it to the final of the World Test Championship i.e. WTC for the second consecutive time. Now Australia will face South Africa in the WTC final. The WTC final will be played at Lord’s between June 11 and June 15. Before this tournament, the Australian team will participate in the Champions Trophy. The Australian team, which wins the ODI World Cup in the year 2023, would like to capture the ICC trophy once again. However, before this big tournament, Australia has suffered a major setback.
Smith became the captain of the test team
Actually, before the Champions Trophy, the Australian team will tour Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series. From the point of view of the WTC final, this series is a formality but the surprising thing is that on this tour of Sri Lanka, the command of the team will not be in the hands of regular Pat Cummins. Cummins will not go on Sri Lanka tour. In his place, Steve Smith has been made the captain of Australia, who will take charge of the Kangaroo team after 7 years.
The reason behind giving Smith the captaincy of the Test team is the injury to Pat Cummins. Apart from this, he is also going to become a father for the second time. This is the reason why he will not go on Sri Lanka tour. Cummins is suffering from an ankle problem, for which he has to get treatment. In such a situation, Cummins is in danger of being out of the Champions Trophy.
Big news before Champions Trophy
In fact, National Selection Committee Chairman George Bailey has given such a statement regarding Pat Cummins, after which the Australian captain’s playing in the Champions Trophy is being considered doubtful. George Bailey said that Cummins will need to undergo a scan on his ankle and he refused to confirm Cummins’ availability. Bailey did not say whether Cummins is certain to play for the Champions Trophy starting on February 19 or not. He told ‘nine.com.au’ that nothing is certain yet, we will have to wait and see what the result of the scan comes and what its outcome is.
Bailey said that Pat is definitely on paternity leave for the next while. There’s still a bit of work to do, he’s also got a bit of pain in his ankle, so I think he’ll have a scan in the next week or so and we’ll get a bit more information about how his fitness is.
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