"Perhaps Some Guys": Pat Cummins' Brutal Take After Loss Against India In 2nd Test

Not every batter is comfortable playing a high-percentage risk shot like sweep and reverse sweep and that's where some of his teammates perhaps “went out of their methods”, was skipper Pat Cummins' observation after Australia's demoralising six-wicket defeat against India in the second Test. As many as five Australian batters, including vice-captain Steve Smith, were guilty of playing across the line to deliveries that were consistently keeping low. “I thought they (India) bowled really well. It's not easy out there, but perhaps some guys went away from their methods,” Cummins said after the match. Cummins feels that the “one size fits all” approach isn't the right way to go about as far as batting on these tracks are concerned.

“Each batter has their own way to go about it. I don't think there's any one size fits all rule. Unfortunately, quite a few of us got out with kind of cross batted shots which might not be our preferred method,” Cummins further explained.

There are two things about batting – tempo and method. For Cummins, the high tempo needs to be balanced by the correct method.

“Two big things we talk about is the tempo of the game and the method. Maybe at times, we were a little bit too high on tempo,” said Cummins, who does not mind that approach.

“I would rather be high tempo than low tempo though. To be honest, those wickets were being difficult but maybe the method went a little bit away from what we planned to do at times.” Cummins had to admit that bating first was a good opportunity to score 300 plus which they “potentially” missed.

"Looking back on it, 300 would have been fantastic. 260 was ‘ok' but if we really want to drive home the advantage we were a few short.” The Delhi game invoked similar