New Delhi: After the four-match Test series, now the ODI series is going to be played between India and Australia (India vs Australia ODI Series). Australia suffered a major setback ahead of the three-match ODI series starting on March 17. Australia’s regular captain Pat Cummins is not going to be seen in this ODI series.
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Actually, Pat Cummins had returned to his home country after the Delhi Test. His mother’s health was bad, so he could not play in the third and fourth Test matches. However, now he is out of the ODI series as well.
Giving information, Cricket Australia said that Pat Cummins is not returning to India for the ODI series. It is known that Pat Cummins’s mother had died last week due to breast cancer. Cummins is away from cricket for the same personal reasons.
Pat Cummins won’t return to India for the ODI leg of the tour #INDvAUS
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) Mar 14, 2023
In the absence of Pat Cummins, once again the command of the Australia team will be in the hands of Steve Smith. The Australia team won the Indore Test under Smith’s captaincy. After which his place in the finals of WTC was confirmed. After the retirement of Aaron Finch, Cummins took over the ODI captaincy of Australia. He has so far taken the command of Australia in only 2 ODIs.
3 ODI series between India and Australia
- First match – March 17 – Mumbai
- Second match – March 19 – Visakhapatnam
- Third match – March 22 – Chennai