Test series win against India one big thing that I want to tick off: Cummins

Sydney, Oct 30: Pat Cummins has never been part of a victorious Test series campaign against India, and the Australian captain wants to erase that blemish from his CV during the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting with the first match at Perth from November 22.

Under the leadership of 31-year-old, Australia have won the World Test Championship, the ODI World Cup, both beating the Indians, and the Ashes, but never managed to beat India in a bilateral rubber in the traditional format.

“It’s kind of the one big thing that I want to tick off,” Cummins told AAP at the launch of his book on Tuesday.

“Particularly winning at home. Most Australians, me included, expect us to do well whenever we play at home,” added Cummins, a veteran of 62 Tests.

India are the only team Australia have failed to defeat in their last 16 Test series.

Since 2014-15, Australia could not lay their hands on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with India winning four consecutive series including the historic triumphs Down Under in 2018-19 and 2020-21.

“We’ve lost the (last) two series against them (in Australia), so this is a big one. We feel like our team’s in a really good place, so we’ve got no reason why we shouldn’t perform really well.

“I just always expect us to do well against whoever we play. But India, particularly, is a big year, big season,” Cummins said.

India remain the only Asian nation to beat the Australia at their home in a Test series but the tourists will be under pressure heading into the marquee tournament, having suffered their first home series loss since 2012 to New Zealand.

To add to their woes, skipper Rohit Sharma and talismanic India batter Virat Kohli are struggling for runs.

“I think any time a team’s under pressure, it’s not a bad thing if you’re playing against them.

“But they’ve been out here before and performed well. Our job is to try and keep them quiet, see how we go.”

The five-match series, a part of the World Test Championship, gets underway from November 22 in Perth. (PTI)

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