Australia skipper Pat Cummins brushed off concerns Thursday over David Warner’s batting form and said he was certain the opener would play in this week’s second Test against India. The left-handed Warner scored one and 10 at Nagpur last week and has struggled for form since scoring 200 in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in Melbourne.
“I’m not a selector. I don’t think they’ve had a meeting but I’m sure Davey will be there,” Cummins said of Warner’s inclusion in the New Delhi Test, which starts Friday.
“You saw this year at the Boxing Day Test when he puts pressure back on the opposition he’s pretty hard to bowl to. You don’t get as many good balls, so he knows that. I’m sure that’d be part of his plan,” said Cummins.
“He has been batting really well here. Even in the lead-up I thought he was fantastic.
Australia were bowled out for 91 in one session in the first Test of the four-match series in Nagpur to lose by an innings and 132 runs inside three days.
