File image of Australia’s Pat Cummins in motion in the ICC World Cup
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Pat Cummins expressed his need to keep on as Australia’s ODI captain following the continued World Cup.
Cummins, who was initially handed reins of the Test group, was made ODI skipper following the sudden retirement of Aaron Finch final yr.
Having guided Australia to the World Cup semifinals on the again of seven straight wins after opening two losses, Cummins has made a robust case for captaincy extension.
Asked about his future as ODI captain, the 30-year-old mentioned: “Potentially, yeah. We’ll chat about it. We’ve been pretty open, me and Andrew (head coach) and George (selector) around different times in the year you’re going to have different priorities.
“This is a little bit of a one-off yr the place there’s three or 4 huge low season occasions. After right here the main target shifts again to Test cricket for a good whereas. Probably like we have carried out in the previous, at instances white-ball cricket goes to have to shift (as a precedence) so we absolutely give attention to Test cricket. There’s no finish date in sight.
“I feel like I’ve been managed really well and looked after in a really, really busy year where you don’t really want to give up any cricket,” mentioned the quick bowler.
Cummins to put his name in IPL auction
Cummins, who had opted out of the IPL 2023 to give attention to his worldwide commitments, will put his name in the auction forward of the 2024 version.
The IPL can be performed earlier than the T20 World Cup in the United States and the Caribbean, serving as superb preparation for the worldwide occasion.
Kolkata Knight Riders had purchased Cummins for Rs 7.5 crore in the 2022 IPL auction.
“I feel like I haven’t played a heap of T20 cricket and in some ways I feel like I haven’t played my best T20 cricket for a little while,” he mentioned.
“I’m really excited, I’m probably going to go into the IPL auction for next year to try to get some games before that World Cup and push a case to not only make the side but get back to how I feel like I can bowl in T20 cricket,” he mentioned.
Mitchell Marsh is anticipated to lead Australia in the T20 World Cup.
