Australia’s Pat Cummins cites Dhoni as role model

Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins cited India great M. S. Dhoni as a role model after a failure to finish off a chase cost his side dear during a dramatic loss to England in their Twenty20 series opener. according to an AFP report.

Australia, in their first competitive match for nearly six months because of the coronavirus, were 124-1 chasing a target of 163 at Southampton on Friday.

A target off 19 of 12 balls proved too much for the likes of Marcus Stoinis in his first international match since last year’s 50-over World Cup semi-final defeat by eventual champions England.

“They’re all the best players (batsmen) when they go back to playing domestic competitions,” Cummins was quoted as saying in the AFP report.

“You could argue that middle-order role is one of the hardest in any cricket team.

“Someone like M. S. Dhoni, he was one of the best in the world because he played 3-400 ODI games. You saw during this week’s practice games we gave a lot of guys a go. We know it’s not going to happen overnight.”