Pat Cummins Wicket as Test captain: The third match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia is being played at the Gabba Stadium. The series is currently tied at 1-1. Australia captain Pat Cummins was in fine form in the series against India, taking five wickets in the last game. Now even in the third Test match, he has taken four wickets so far.
Pat Cummins works wonders
Pat Cummins has become the third-highest captain in the history of Test cricket. He broke Gary Sobers’ record. Cummins took 119 Test wickets as captain. When Gary Sobers took 117 Test wickets as captain. Only two players are now ahead of Cummins in terms of taking most Test wickets as captain. Imran Khan (187 wickets) and Richie Benaud (138 wickets).
Players who have taken most wickets as captain in Test cricket:
- Imran Khan- 187 wickets
- Richie Benaud-138 wickets
- Pat Cummins – 119 wickets
- Gary Sobers – 117 wickets
- Daniel Vettori – 116 wickets
Captained 30 Test matches
Pat Cummins captained Australia in 30 Test matches, of which the team won 18 and lost 7. During this period, he took 119 wickets while bowling. This included 8 five-wicket hauls.
In the third match, India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl. This turned out to be wrong. In this game, the Australian team attacked first and scored a total of 445 points. Since then, the Indian team has scored 225 runs so far at the loss of 9 wickets. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja scored half-centuries for India.
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