Pat Cummins Feels ODI Matches Are 'A Bit Easier' Than Test Cricket

Australian speedster Pat Cummins has said that he personally finds white-ball cricket less daunting than Test cricket. Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia, Cummins said he is happy that the upcoming games for the national team will be more ODI matches, rather than Tests.

The 26-year-old is currently on national duty in South Africa, where his team are due to play the final game of their three-match T20I series on Wednesday, at Cape Town.

After the T20Is, Australia will play three ODI matches against the Proteas and they have more 50 overs cricket to play at home versus New Zealand later in March.

Cummins also stated his feelings about the Indian Premier League (IPL), after he became the most expensive foreign recruit at the IPL 2020 auction after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) shelled out INR 15.5 crores on him.

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Pat Cummins talks about Test cricket, ODI matches, and the IPL:

The number one Test bowler in the world right now has come up with a bit of a shocker in his latest interview as Cummins conceded he finds white-ball cricket ‘a bit easier’ as compared to Test cricket.

“There is lots of cricket. But the good thing is a lot of it is white-ball cricket, which is a bit easier than Test matches. I have played a bit of each format over the years, but it feels like especially this white-ball period, I can just concentrate on the white ball,” cricket.com.au quoted Cummins as saying.

He continued, “It might not sound like a big deal, but for the bowlers, it means every training session we can work on our slower balls and our yorkers and things that you do not really practice when you are playing a lot of red-ball cricket.” 

The right-handed pacer further added, “In India, you are going to have 100,000 people cheering for you or against you whatever your contract is. The more you play of anything, the better you feel. Especially T20 cricket, you work out your plans for what is working for you, whether it is slower balls or certain fields.”

Meanwhile, Australia will play South Africa in the T20I series decider on Sunday, at Cape Town.

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