Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Pat Cummins registers 8th fifer as captain, completes 50 wickets in the rivalry
Updated On: 08 December, 2024 02:05 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
Australia's Pat Cummins registered his eighth fifer as captain. Here is all you need to know (Pic: File Pic)

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

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His list of victims included KL Rahul, skipper Rohit Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana
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Only Pakistan's Imran Khan (12) and Australia's Richie Benaud (9) have more Test five-wicket hauls as captain than Cummins

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


