Cummins was brimming with confidence after profitable 4 out of 5 Tests in a dominant dwelling summer season, which concluded with a draw within the rain-disrupted third Test in opposition to South Africa on Sunday.
“I think we’ve given ourselves the best chance, it was another fantastic summer,” the tempo bowler advised reporters on the Sydney Cricket Ground on the conclusion of the match.
“I feel like we’re adapting really well. Having the experience in Sri Lanka and Pakistan last year has put us in really good stead for India, no one’s going over there blind.
“We’ll use the following few weeks to maybe mirror on the final 12 months, after which recover from there actually refreshed and keen.
“I think we’re as good a chance as we’re ever going to be.”
Australia have received solely 4 Test collection in India in three quarters of a century of touring the nation, the final coming in 2004.
Pat Cummins (AFP Photo)
Cummins mentioned the Australia squad would provide loads of bowling choices for the matches in Nagpur, New Delhi, Dharamshala and Ahmedabad.
Left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc, who missed the Sydney Test with a finger harm, would most likely not be match for the opening Test in early February, Cummins mentioned.
“Each game in India we might need to chop it up slightly differently,” he mentioned.
“Maybe one game it’s three quicks, maybe another it’s one quick. We’ll get over there and see.”
The lack of the very best a part of two days of the Sydney match to the climate prevented the pitch from deteriorating because it might need for spinners Nathan Lyon and Ashton Agar.
Agar did not take a wicket and conceded 58 runs in his first Test since 2017 however Cummins confirmed the left-armer can be within the squad when it’s named subsequent week.
The occasional spin bowling of batsmen Travis Head, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne may additionally come into the equation when it got here to group choice, Cummins mentioned.
“I think our squad will have basically all possibilities,” he mentioned. “It’s a big series, so we want everything at our disposal.”