Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australia can take care of India in absence of Cummins, Warner, says Handscomb

Australia’s Peter Handscomb believes the absence of captain Pat Cummins and batter David Warner will make life harder once they face India within the third take a look at beginning in Indore on Wednesday however the return of Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc is “exciting”.

Cummins returned dwelling to be together with his ailing mom in Sydney after Australia crashed to their second successive defeat within the four-test sequence for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which India will retain having taken a 2-0 lead.

Warner additionally flew again after struggling a fracture to his elbow and a concussion within the second take a look at in New Delhi, however all-rounder Green is match once more after shaking off a finger damage. Starc, who additionally suffered a finger damage, is about to return to motion as properly.

“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.

“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.”

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. 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 experienced in this situation as well,” Handscomb stated

“It’s not something new to him so he can just go about his business the way he normally does. He’ll be focusing on his batting first and the captaincy second.”