#5 The rise of Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins was easily the pick to the Australian players. While he was undoubtedly their best bowler in the series, he also contributed to that stunning run-out of Pujara in the first innings of the first Test and as many pundits opine, he was also perhaps their best batsman at least in terms of attitude.
He kept frustrating the Indian batting line up with his nagging lines and starting with Kohli’s wicket in the first innings of the series, the Kohli- Cummins battle went on to be the major combat attraction of the series.
Pat Cummins is probably Australia’s reminiscent from its glorious past. He is someone who just refuses to give up and keeps running in and pounding away with all his might. As Shane Warne would go on to comment, Cummins proved to be the all-rounder that Australia were searching for in Mitchell Marsh, and strictly going by current ratings, he should probably go on to captain Australia in the future.
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