Saturday , November 23 2024

Cummins revealed before the Test series against New Zealand that he will soon step down from captaincy

The two-Test series against New Zealand begins on Thursday and on the eve of the first match, touring Australian captain Pat Cummins made a shocking revelation that he can no longer hold the Test captaincy for long. He wants to be relieved of the responsibility of captaining the Test team soon. To be honest, I want to play cricket till the age of 35 to 37 but till this time I cannot say whether I will captain the team or not. If I manage to play for the next seven to eight years, maybe I can continue to lead in Test cricket and that will be the biggest surprise for me. It is noteworthy that ever since Cummins took over the captaincy of the Australian team, he has been successful in retaining the Ashes trophy both at home and in England. Under his captaincy, the Australian team, apart from winning the ODI World Cup hosted by India last year, also won the title of the second season of the World Test Championship.

Australia have appointed Mitchell Marsh to lead the team in the T20 format ahead of the upcoming World Cup and Cummins said he enjoyed playing under the captaincy of both Marsh and Matthew Wade. In the field I only focused on bowling and this is a format I have not played much in. Wade and Marsh both are great captains and I will be ready to help them whenever they need it.