Pat Cummins and Rohit Sharma
Pat Cummins Wicket As Test Captain: The third match of the five-Test series between India and Australia is being played at Gaba ground. Currently the series is tied at 1-1. Australian captain Pat Cummins is performing well in the series against India and in the last match he took a five-wicket haul. Now even in the third test match, he has taken four wickets so far.
Pat Cummins did wonders
Pat Cummins has become the third highest wicket taker as a captain in the history of Test cricket. He has broken the record of Gary Sobers. Cummins has taken 119 Test wickets as captain. When Gary Sobers took 117 Test wickets as captain. Now only two players are ahead of Cummins in terms of taking the most Test wickets as captain. Imran Khan (187 wickets) and Richie Benaud (138 wickets).
Players who have taken the most wickets as captain in Test cricket:
- Imran Khan- 187 wickets
- Richie Benaud-138 wickets
- Pat Cummins- 119 wickets
- Gary Sobers-117 wickets
- Daniel Vettori- 116 wickets
Has captained in 30 test matches
Pat Cummins has captained Australia in 30 Test matches, out of which the team has won 18 and lost 7. During this period, he has taken 119 wickets while bowling. Which includes 8 five-wicket hauls.
In the third match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl. Which proved wrong. In this match, Australia batted first and scored a total of 445 runs. After this, the Indian team has so far scored 225 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have scored half-centuries for India.
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