Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday asserted that his staff has a “plan” to deal with Indian spinners within the opening Cricket World Cup match. The victory within the third ODI in opposition to India at Rajkot had made his staff a “assured” lot forward of the blockbuster conflict on Sunday, Cummins mentioned.
India received the three-match collection 2-1, however Australia received the Rajkot tie by 66 runs after notching a mammoth 352.
Cummins indicated the boldness stemmed from the truth that the Australians had performed Indian spinners up to now and carried out effectively.
“It (preparation) begins with coaching for the subsequent few days earlier than the sport. The Australian guys play loads of spin. Our batting order had performed so much in India and carried out effectively, so that they know a lot of the (Indian) bowlers and so they have a plan (in place).”
“We’re actually assured. We had a superb win within the third ODI (in Rajkot), which might be a bit closest to our strongest XI. We’ve got had fairly good data in ODIs in India,” added the skipper throughout a promotional occasion right here.
Cummins will banking on his “aggressive” opener David Warner, “key participant” Glenn Maxwell to information them to a different triumph on the World Cup right here.
Whereas Warner, 36, has struggled for type within the final couple of years, he has peaked on the proper time, having scored 390 runs in 9 innings this 12 months at a mean of 43.33 and a strike price of 119.26, together with 4 half-centuries and a ton.
Throughout the current ODI collection in India, Warner was in blazing type scoring three consecutive half-centuries and making him the one to be careful for at the same time as hypothesis over his retirement plans swirls throughout.
“Dave’s (Warner) been unbelievable within the final month, notably in white-ball cricket. Not solely is he scoring runs, he’s being aggressive. He takes the sport on and getting the innings off to an excellent begin,” Cummins mentioned.
“So, I am anticipating an excellent match from Dave. He has been constant, and I’m loving the way in which he’s going about it.”
“Seems like a second dwelling (in India). Preparations have been actually good, with the 5 ODIs in South Africa and three in opposition to India. Seems like we’ve got obtained sufficient video games for our enjoying XI and the bench as effectively,” he mentioned.