Australia batter Peter Handscomb has stated that the workforce has all the data they want going into the third and the fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Indore,UPDATED: Feb 26, 2023 18:33 IST
Australia will cope high quality with out Pat Cummins and David Warner within the remaining Tests, feels Peter Handscomb. (AP Photo)
By India Today Sports Desk: Australia is likely to be damage with the unavailability of captain Pat Cummins and David Warner for the third Test match, however have sufficient info to manage with out them within the remaining Test matches in opposition to India, feels batter Peter Handscomb, who made a return to the Test fold within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Australia are nonetheless in New Delhi, training forward of their Test match in Indore, which is scheduled to begin on March 1. They shall be lacking Cummins and Warner, who’ve been compelled to go away for Australia on account of a household emergency and damage points respectively.
Speaking forward of the third Test match, Handscomb stated that it might be more durable to play in opposition to India in Indore.
“They’re two world-class players and Pat’s our captain as well, so it’s definitely going to make it tougher… It’s going to be a big loss not having those two,” batter Handscomb stated.
“But we’ve got all the information we need… We’ve got the training and the facilities that we need to be ready to go for Indore and Ahmedabad,” he additional added.
Australia may have Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green able to go for the third Test, two straight modifications Australia are anticipated to make to their enjoying XI.
“Starc is coming back from injury and Green is coming back from injury. We’ve got a couple of big ins potentially, so there’s that exciting part as well,” the appropriate hander stated.
Steve Smith will lead the aspect within the absence of Cummins. He beforehand captained Australia between 2015 and 2018.
“He hasn’t changed too much,” Handscomb stated. “It shows he’s a world-class player and he thinks about the game a lot, so he’s a good one to have under Pat. He’s obviously experienced in this situation as well.
“It’s not one thing new to him so he can simply go about his enterprise the best way he usually does. He’ll be specializing in his batting first and the captaincy second,” the batter concluded.
Edited By:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published On:
Feb 26, 2023
