Steve Smith To Captain Australia In 4th Test vs India, Pat Cummins To Stay Home: Report | Cricket News

Star batter Steve Smith will lead Australia within the fourth and remaining Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as common captain Pat Cummins has determined to not return to India. According to a report in cricket.com.au, Smith will captain Australia as soon as once more, having led the workforce a morale-boosting nine-wicket win within the third Test in Indore final week. Cummins, who departed the tour following the second Test in Delhi final month, will stay in Sydney the place his mom Maria is in poor health with breast most cancers and is in palliative care.

The report, nevertheless, did not point out whether or not Cummins will take any half within the upcoming ODI collection in opposition to India.

Pacer Nathan Ellis has changed injured Jhye Richardson within the Australia squad for ODIs starting March 17.

After main Australia to a well-known win, Smith prompt that his time as captain is “done” and it is now “Pat’s team”.

“My time is done. It’s Pat’s team now,” Smith informed reporters after the nine-wicket win. “I’ve obviously been able to stand in this week, obviously in tough circumstances with Patty going home. Our thoughts are still with him back home.

“But India is part of the world I like captaining … it is most likely my favorite place on the earth to captain.

“Every ball is an event and therefore can dictate what happens after, which is something that I really love and you’ve got to be ahead of the game.

“So I believed I did it nicely this week and it was good enjoyable.”

If Cummins does miss the ODIs, Australia may take a look at Smith, in addition to Alex Carey.

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