Bengaluru:
Australia have recalled pacer
Andrew Tye as a replacement for Pat Cummins for the three T20
Internationals against India.
The team management had earlier decided to rest Cummins
for the T20 series ahead of the upcoming Ashes. Cummins has
played all three matches in the ODI series so far.
The Western Australian was the pick of the bowlers for Gujarat Lions in the 2017 edition of the Indian Premier League. In a season where the Lions performed poorly as a team, Tye enjoyed personal success by picking 12 wickets in six matches including a hat-trick against the eventual runners-up Rising Pune Supergiant.
Tye, a T20 specialist, has played five matches for Australia and last represented the country in February. Cricket Australia (CA) reported that Tye has replaced Cummins for the series beginning in Ranchi on October 7. The second and third game will be played in Guwahati and Hyderabad on October 10 and 13 respectively.
Tye, who has five wickets from the five T20Is he has played Australia, will look to use his experience of having played in the Indian conditions. Known to execute yorkers well under pressure to go with a wide range of variations including the knuckle-ball, the 30-year-old last played against Sri Lanka in the second T20I earlier this year.
