World Test Championship: Australia skipper Pat Cummins has expressed his excitement and stressed the importance of his team qualifying for the World Test Championship final. Cummins is excited to face India in the dream summit clash in London.
What does the current WTC table says?
Cummins’ side currently leads the World Test Championship standings and can confirm their place in June’s final with a victory in the third and final Test of their ongoing series against South Africa at the SCG this week.
If Australia fail to clinch a series sweep against the Proteas then they still have another chance to book their place in the decider during the four-match Test series in India that commences next month.
And it’s India that could potentially prove Australia’s opponent in June’s final, with Rohit Sharma’s side well-placed in second place on the standings ahead of the home series against the Aussies during February and March.
Cummins excited
“It’s been a big driver for us over the last couple of years. I think playing in London (in) a final against India, say, at a neutral venue, that’s really exciting,” Cummins told reporters at the SCG.
“It was still a new concept so even things like over rates, it wasn’t really spoken about as importantly as perhaps what we think about it now,” Cummins noted.
“Every point is vital. (Now there is) lots of communication with the umpires, they are always keeping us abreast of where we are. I think we got down to nine minutes down at one stage (in a recent Test match) so we just made sure we had Travis Head or ‘Smithy’ (Steve Smith) as an option and we got back basically within a couple of overs.
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