Rohit Sharma vs Pat Cummins as Test Captains: This time in the Border-Gavaskar series played between India and Australia, both the teams will have new captains. Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian team, while Pat Cummins will be seen captaining Australia. Both the players have not played against each other in Tests as captains. Rohit Sharma will take the field against Australia for the first time as captain. At the same time, Pat Cummins will also captain Australia for the first time against India. Let us know what the figures of both say as Test captain.
Will Rohit Sharma fade in front of Pat Cummins as captain?
As Test captain, Rohit Sharma has played only two matches so far. He will play his third test match as captain against Australia. On the other hand, Pat Cummins has played a total of 13 Test matches for Australia as captain. In such a situation, it is clearly visible that the experience of Rohit Sharma’s Test captaincy is very less in front of Pat Cummins. Now it will be interesting to see how Rohit Sharma appears in this series.
Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins figures as Test captain
Rohit Sharma
- As the Indian Test captain, Rohit Sharma has played only two Test matches so far, in which he has won both the matches. His winning percentage as Test captain is 100 percent.
- Rohit captained the home series of two Test matches played against Sri Lanka in 2022. In the first match of the series, Team India won by an innings and 222 runs. At the same time, the team won the second match by 238 runs.
- As Test captain, Rohit Sharma has scored 90 runs in 2 Tests at an average of 30. In this, his high score has been 46 runs.
Pat Cummins
- Cummins has played a total of 13 matches as Test captain so far. In this, they won 8 matches and lost one match, the remaining four matches ended in a draw.
- While bowling as captain, he has taken a total of 50 wickets at an average of 20.12.
- Cummins has played against England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa under his captaincy.
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