Former India head coach Ravi Shastri showed his admiration for Australian captain Pat Cummins, who led the team to a 3-1 series win in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Shastri also described him as one with plenty of determination and willingness to keep
competing as well. While Jasprit Bumrah was the positive for India with the ball, claiming 32 wickets at an average of 13.06, Cummins made crucial contributions with both ball and bat as well.

On the ICC Review show, Shastri said: “He amazes me. Even when I was the coach in the dressing room, I would just admire his determination, his willingness to compete. He never gives up and it’s like that session after session – he’ll come at you with the ball. And just when the chips were down, various times in the series, he rose to the occasion. And not just with the ball, but with the bat as well.”

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However, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting also praised Australia for making a stunning comeback after losing the opening Test in Perth.

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Naming Australia’s performance after the first Test as a really good turnaround, he said, while speaking on the ICC Review show: “When you lose a Test match (in Perth) like that against another very strong opposition side, you do have to do a bit of soul searching and do a lot of talking. It’s been a really good turnaround, especially when at the start of the series, I thought Australia would win 3-1, but I actually thought they’d win the early Test matches.”

“I thought they’d win Perth, I thought they’d win Brisbane and probably Adelaide and find it harder in Melbourne and Sydney. The conditions that you think India would normally play better in, Australia’s found a way to outplay them in Melbourne and Sydney. It was a really good turnaround and one that they’ll be happy with,” he concluded.