BGT 2024-25: Pat Cummins 'happy' for not having him as opponent, who is he?
Xtra Time Web Desk: The cricket world knows how much Pat Cummins loves to keep others under pressure now this time he expresses his delight of not having Travis Head as opponent. Australian captain mentioned that in-form Travis Head plays for his side rather than facing him as an opponent confirming that Head would play the fourth Test against India.
Head's fitness had been a hot topic for last few days but the confirmation from captain clears the air. Head currently leads the chart of the most run scorer in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy smashing 409 runs in five innings at an average of 81.80, including two centuries. This presence will definitely make a difference on field.
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He assured the media stating "Travis is good to go. So he'll play. He just ticked off some final things today and yesterday, but yeah, no stress, no kind of worries about injury."
He further added, "He'll go into the game fully fit. I don't think you'll see too much management of him throughout the game." Cummins mentioned that while Head is fit to bat, there might be some adjustments regarding his fielding if discomfort comes into light. "Maybe around [his] fielding, if he's a bit uncomfortable, we will look at that," he added.
Praising Head's consistency and ability to shift pressure onto the opposition, Cummins stated "It feels like the last 12 months, he's been in this unbelievable vein of form, and he just keeps going on with it," said Cummins. "He's hitting the ball really cleanly. You can see the pressure that he shifts back onto the opposition, literally from the first ball that he walks out there."
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He added, "I keep saying I'm loving that he's in our team and [that I] don't have to try and set a field and bowl to him," he said. "He's hitting the ball as well as I've ever, ever seen anyone. Long may it continue."
All eyes are on the boxing day test starting from 26th December at MCG. It will be interesting to see how things get unfolded.
