Under Pat Cummins’ leadership, Australia have performed exceptionally well in the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India.
After losing the first two games, the five-time champions bounced back brilliantly to win eight matches in a row. As a result, they finished the league stage at the third spot and set up a semi-final clash with South Africa in Kolkata on November 16.
Ahead of the knock-out fixture, Cummins has expressed his desire to carry on as ODI captain following the World Cup.
Cummins was handed the ODI captaincy after the sudden retirement of Aaron Finch last year.
"Potentially, yeah. We'll chat about it. We've been pretty open, me and Andrew (head coach) and George (selector) around different times in the year you're going to have different priorities,” PTI quoted Cummins as saying when asked about his future as ODI captain.
"This is a bit of a one-off year where there's three or four big off-season events. After here the focus shifts back to Test cricket for a fair while. Probably like we've done in the past, at times white-ball cricket is going to have to shift (as a priority) so we fully focus on Test cricket. There's no end date in sight.
"I feel like I've been managed really well and looked after in a really, really busy year where you don't really want to give up any cricket," he added.
The Australia skipper, who had opted out of the IPL 2023 to concentrate on international commitments, plans to throw his hat into the auction ring for the 2024 edition.
The IPL 2024 will be held right before the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA, serving as ideal preparation for the global tournament.
"I feel like I haven't played a heap of T20 cricket and in some ways I feel like I haven't played my best T20 cricket for a little while," Cummins said.
"I'm really excited, I'm probably going to go into the IPL auction for next year to try to get some games before that World Cup and push a case to not only make the side but get back to how I feel like I can bowl in T20 cricket," he further stated.
(With PTI Inputs)
