'The aim is to keep it up': Cummins

Australia captain Pat Cummins asserted that there would be no let up in intensity despite the hosts grabbing a 21 lead heading into the fifth and final Test of the BorderGavaskar Trophy against India beginning here on FridayA commanding 184run victory in the Boxing Day Test has placed Australia in pole position to reclaim the Trophy for the first time since 201415ldquoI mean itrsquos always the preferred position But you know you go into every Test match trying to win So itrsquos no different this weekrdquo Cummins saidldquoBut Irsquom really happy with how the boys have played in the last three Tests Wersquove shown that wersquove been the frontrunners and the aim again this week is to keep it uprdquo he addedThe skipper however conceded there are some issues with the Aussiesrsquo battingldquoI think no doubt there are times when we would have liked to score more runs In that last game in Melbourne we would have liked to push that lead out to 400500 given we were in such a good position But thatrsquos Test cricketrdquoNot a typical SCG wicketCummins said the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground could be a little different from the traditional surfaces where spinners often enjoyed their outings while offering copious help to batters as wellldquoItrsquos a tough one to call exactly Itrsquos a little bit different from the traditional SCG wicket I think the two Shield wickets this year seemed to play really well The teams were happy with the wicket which felt like there was a bit on offer for the bowlers but also runs to be scoredrdquoldquoIt looks pretty good No doubt therersquoll be stages where itrsquos good for batting but potentially it will break up and spin towards the endrdquo he saidPatrsquos plan to tackle BumrahIndian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been a thorn in Australiarsquos flesh all series The rightarmer was responsible for Indiarsquos only win at Perth and has swung the momentum in favour of the visitors several timesldquoNo doubt hersquos bowling well at the moment Hersquos tough to face Hopefully by the time I come in itrsquos late in the day and hersquos bowled a fair bit so itrsquos easier for me Irsquove faced him quite a bit across the world in different formats but he always poses a challengerdquo Cummins saidCummins has added significantly to his batting credentials recently rescuing Australia from difficult positions across formats He confessed that adopting a carefree attitude towards batting has made the differenceldquoItrsquos something Irsquove always put a lot of effort into But you never know what yoursquore going to get with my batting For a while I was so worried about being perfect and not getting out that in some ways yoursquore batting with your hands tied behind your back Nowadays I try not to overthink itrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever