Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist is delighted with the return of aggressive Pat Cummins after Australia’s dominating win against India in Adelaide. Notably, Cummins played a key role in Australia’s win as he picked his 13th five wicket haul in India’s second innings registering figures of 5/57 in 14 overs.
Following his match-winning performance, Gilchrist was in awe of the Australia skipper saying that his spell was terrific to watch. The legendary wicketkeeper-batter also mentioned that how the fast bowler looked more aggressive in his celebration.
“Cummins was outstanding, he looked like if there needed a bit of a grease and oil change after Perth and a tune-up, he was purring by the end of it, so that was terrific to watch. You could see just through his celebrations that… every wicket that he took he was more aggressive in his celebration,” Gilchrist was quoted by Fox Cricket as saying.
Further speaking ahead, Gilchrist also highlighted that the Australian players looked stung by criticism after their 295-run loss in Perth and were determined to turn things in Adelaide.
“Not in that lose control extent but you could just see that clearly they’d been stung by a bit of criticism around after their performance and they internally would have been so disappointed with the way they played in Perth. So it showed you what it meant to them and they knew that they were back at the level they want to play their cricket,” he added.
India’s WTC hopes hangs in balance
Meanwhile, India’s World Test Championship (WTC) final qualification chances have taken a massive hit after their ten-wicket loss in the pink ball Test. The Rohit Sharma-led side needs to win the ongoing series by a margin of 3-1 or 4-1 to qualify for their third consecutive final.
After the Adelaide loss, India are now on the third spot in the WTC standings for the 2023-25 cycle with nine wins from 16 matches having a points percentage of 57.29%. On the other hand, Australia continue to be on the second spot having percentage of 60.71%. Meanwhile, South Africa are just one win away from qualifying for the summit clash sitting comfortably on the top of the standings having a points percentage of 63.33%.
