Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Pat Cummins registers 8th fifer as captain, completes 50 wickets in the rivalry

Australia's Pat Cummins registered his eighth fifer as captain. Here is all you need to know (Pic: File Pic)

Updated On: 2024-12-08 02:05 PM IST

Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar

Pat Cummins (Pic: File Pic)

The second Test against India at Adelaide, a pink-ball affair proved to be memorable for Australian skipper Pat Cummins as he registered a match-winning five-wicket haul, his eighth as an Australian captain

During the second innings, India, desperately looking for a healthy lead, was stifled really hard by Cummins, who took 5/57 in 14 overs

His list of victims included KL Rahul, skipper Rohit Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana

Only Pakistan's Imran Khan (12) and Australia's Richie Benaud (9) have more Test five-wicket hauls as captain than Cummins

With this five-wicket haul and two wickets in the first innings, Cummins completed 50 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In 14 matches, he has taken 56 wickets at an average of 25.39, with best figures of 6/27. He has taken two five-wicket hauls in BGT

He is the eighth-highest wicket-taker in series history, with most wickets taken by Nathan Lyon

Cummins is also the third-highest wicket-taker in pink-ball Tests now, having taken 41 scalps at an average of 17.60 and best figures of 6/23

The highest wicket-taker in pink-ball Tests is Mitchell Starc, who has 74 scalps in 13 matches at an average of 18.14 

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