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Pat Cummins Yet To Decide His Availability for White-ball Series against India

Australia speedster Pat Cummins on Monday said that he is in dilemma whether to play in the limited-overs series against India which is all set to begin on November 27 or not. Despite being spending three months inside bio-secure bubbles, he is fresh but he has feared of fatigue.

Notably, Cummins has returned only last week from the UAE where he was playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2020 edition of Indian Premier League.

"(I) haven't made a final decision on that yet. (It's) unprecedented times with so many people spending a large portion of time in these bubbles so we're going to keep all the conversations open, chat about that a bit closer to when we all get together," Cummins said to cricket.com.au during a video conference. "There's always cricket on, so we'll make sure we're all open about that, having those conversations."

On the other hand, Cummins has been named in both the white and red-ball squads as vice-captain. While the limited-overs series is slated be held in Sydney and Canberra, the four-match Test series will be played in Adelaide on December 17.


"I wouldn't be surprised if there's times throughout the summer where some players might just need a little rest knowing not only how busy this next couple of months is but also a tour of South Africa (February-March) and a few away tours next year," said Cummins.

However, he is now in Sydney and undergoing the mandatory 14 days quarantine period and he will only join the squad on November 27, the day of the opening match at the SCG. Meanwhile, despite staying inside the bio-bubbles for three months now, Cummins said that he referred to it as a "pretty good place".

"One of the benefits of being in a bubble in the UAE was we didn't spend much time travelling. A normal IPL we're on a flight every second day, different city, so I think sometimes that can be as draining as the playing part,” he said.

"No doubt as well, the six or seven months we had at home (during the winter) put us in a pretty good place leading into the England tour and IPL. Coming in fresh to those tours it doesn't feel like the end of the summer, it feels like I'm ready to start the tour and in a pretty good place,” he concluded.