India vs Australia 3rd Test: Big blow to Australia before Indore Test, Pat Cummins will not play, this player got captaincy

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy of four Test matches is being played between India and Australia. The third Test match will start from March 1 in Indore. But before that the Australian team has suffered a big setback. Actually, captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the third Test match. Due to family reasons, he returned to Australia immediately after the end of the second match. However, it was then said that he would return before the third Test. But the doubt remained on this. According to the news that has come now, he will not return before the third Test. This information has been given by Cricket Australia. Steve Smith will lead the third Test in Indore in the absence of Pat Cummins.

 

At present, Australia’s team is behind 0-2 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Sources have told that the health of Pat Cummins’s mother is not good. However, now there is a doubt whether Pat Cummins will return before the fourth Test match or not. The fourth Test match is to be played in Ahmedabad. Pat Cummins said that I have decided not to return to India at this time. I think I am best here with my family. I would like to express my gratitude for the support I have received from Cricket Australia and colleagues. Amidst all this, there is also news that Steve Smith has gone to Dubai for a few days with his wife after the end of the second test. Steve Smith is handling the responsibility of vice-captaincy from 2021. However, there have been two occasions when he has captained the team.

 

Steve Smith was the regular captain of Australia. However, in 2018, he lost his captaincy due to ball tampering on the tour of South Africa. Along with this, he was also banned for 1 year. Smith has captained 34 Test matches between 2014 and 2018. When Australia toured India in 2017, Sam Smith was the captain. He also scored three centuries during this tour. However, in this series, till now Steve Smith’s bat is silent. He has scored just 71 runs in four innings at an average of 23.66. Australia is yet to stay in India till 22 March. The third Test match will be played in Indore from March 1 to 5 while the fourth Test match will be played in Ahmedabad from March 9 to 13. After this, three ODIs will be played.