Cummins: ‘I do not suppose we have to reinvent the wheel’

But Cummins defended the picks after the match.

“We were confident it was our best XI this week,” Cummins stated. “We know the quality Trav is. He’s a huge part of this team but we were confident in the 11 guys out there. He’s been really good around the group. He’s been out the back working really hard on his game like he always does.”

Starc was unavailable for the primary Test in Nagpur having suffered a finger tendon damage within the Boxing Day Test in December. He has been bowling frequently over the past month regardless of the damage however remained in Sydney till he was accessible to play.

Hazlewood and Green are with the squad however each have been dominated out of the opening Test. Hazlewood has been battling Achilles tendonitis. He had a strong centre-wicket bowl on Wednesday after which had one other bowl within the centre on Saturday morning earlier than play however has not pulled up in addition to he wanted to to be able to be accessible in Delhi. Green remained an unknown for Australia as he continued to recuperate from a damaged finger he suffered within the Boxing Day Test. He has been batting and bowling however Australia might effectively be cautious with him regardless of desperately needing his all-round abilities to steadiness the facet.

“Starcy lands today or tomorrow into Delhi,” Cummins stated. “I think Joshy might not be quite ready for Delhi. He’s getting up and running now, he’s pretty close, but I don’t think he’ll be quite ready for Delhi. Greeny’s a bit of a wait-and-see. We’re still hoping. He’s had a couple of good hits out here. His bowling is pretty good, so over the next couple of days we’ll assess it.”

Cummins was fairly calm concerning the nature of the defeat. He did not seem involved in any respect that Australia had capitulated by an innings for the second consecutive Test on the subcontinent.

“I think sometimes it’s almost easier to put those kind of losses behind you,” Cummins stated. “You are looking at small margins. You have to have a hard look at your game and the big strides you need to change to give yourself the best chance next week.

“We’ve had a extremely good run the final 12 months. There hasn’t been many losses in that change room. I do not suppose we have to reinvent the wheel. It’s simply tweaking completely different approaches to how we play and possibly specific strategies.”

Australia will stay in Nagpur and prepare over the following two days earlier than heading to Delhi forward of the second Test.