Steve Smith will lead Australia in the fourth and remaining Test towards India as common captain Pat Cummins stays with his unwell mother again home.
Smith had captained the facet in Indore in Cummins’ absence. Cummins had flown again home after the Delhi Test to be with his mother who’s in palliative care.
Cricket.com.au reported that Cummins will stay in Sydney.
Three ODIs comply with the ultimate Test and a call on Cummins’ participation in these video games will be taken later.
Smith had captained Australia to a nine-wicket win in Indore final week. India lead the sequence 2-1 and want a win to qualify for the World Test Championship remaining.
With the win in Indore, Australia secured their qualification for the WTC summit conflict in London in June.
The web site additionally reported that Nathan Ellis has changed injured Jhye Richardson in the Australia squad for ODIs starting March 17.