SCG pitch has 'huge connection' to India, says Pat Cummins

The Sydney pitch has a huge connection to the Indian conditions said Australia skipper Pat Cummins ahead of the third Test against South Africa hoping it will provide his side ideal preparation for their upcoming redball series in IndiaAustralia are leading the threeTest series against South Africa 20 and a win at SCG will all but seal their final spot at the World Test Championships Final to be held at the Oval in JuneAustralia have typically struggled in subcontinent conditions and a dry spinning surface is expected at the SCG keeping in mind the upcoming tour of India in FebruaryIts a huge connection to India Cummins told reporters on TuesdayFast bowling and reverse swing is going to come into it which we can expect in India Probably get more spin overs here our batters are probably going to face more spin here as well so its a really good connectionEven personally captaining here might be a little different to the last few Test matches he addedAustralia currently are sitting pretty atop the WTC points table with 10 wins from 14 Tests In their last series before the final Cummins and Co will face India who are second with eight winsAlso readPat Cummins It was a gutsy effortAustralia are eyeing a WTC final in June before taking on archrivals England in the fiveTest Ashes campaignIts been a big driver for us over the last couple of years I think playing in London in a final against India say at a neutral venue thats really excitingAustralia had missed out on the WTC final spot in the inaugural edition to New Zealand after being docked four points by the ICC for being two overs behind in the 2020 Boxing Day TestIt was still a new concept so even things like overs rates it wasnt really spoken about as importantly as perhaps what we think about it now said the Australian pace spearheadI think we got down to nine minutes down at one stage in a recent Test so we just made sure we had Travis Head or Smithy Steve Smith two parttime spin bowlers as an option and we got back basically within a couple of oversHaving just missed out on the World Test Championship final last cycle that was always going to be a big goal I think weve been playing fantastically weve put ourselves in that position to earn that spot early which is a huge driver for usIts always exciting going to England and playing an Ashes series but adding in a World Test Championship final is hugeThe first Test of the BorderGavaskar Trophy begins in Nagpur on February 9 The next three Tests will be held in Delhi Dharamsala and Ahmedabad respectivelyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever