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Skipper Pat Cummins kept his cool under pressure with a gritty unbeaten 32 to steer Australia to a nervy two wicket defeat of Pakistan in the first of three one-day internationals on Monday.

With David Warner calling it quits earlier this year and Steve Smith set to return to the his preferred number 4 spot, Australia are in need for an opening partner for Usman Khawaja.

He added that his teammates Labuschagne and Khawaja in particular were not happy to see him bat in the top order.

Australia men's head coach Andrew McDonald revealed that the decision to put Steve Smith back at No. 4 was taken after discussion with Pat Cummins.

Veteran Australia batter Steve Smith will return to his favoured number four position after a short stint as an opener in the upcoming Test series against India

India has won its previous four series against Australia in a row, including two wins in Australia in the 2018-19 and 2020-21 season.

England cricket team star batter Joe Root scripted history by achieving a mammoth feat on Day 2 of the first Test match against Pakistan in Multan on Tuesday.

Jasprit Bumrah's stocks have soared in world cricket over the last year or so.

Cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting to witness the thrilling Border-Gavaskar Test series between India and Australia.

A heartfelt moment between the two tough rivals came during the 2019 World Cup, when Virat stopped the crowd from boing at Smith over the 'Sandpaper Gate' saga.

Smith's individual performance as an opener has also been underwhelming, with just one fifty in eight innings and an average of 28.50, compared to his impressive average of 61.51 at No. 4.

Veteran batter Steve Smith described Virat Kohli's approach on the field in a unique way, saying the Indian batting stalwart is Australian in his thoughts and action.

"And particularly since India's beaten Australia in Australia the last two times they've come out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It just means a little bit more," said Usman Khawaja.

The modern era of cricket has been mainly dominated by four star batters - Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.

India have won the last two editions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy held in Australia in 2018/19 and 2020/21 respectively.

Skipper Pat Cummins kept his cool under pressure with a gritty unbeaten 32 to steer Australia to a nervy two wicket defeat of Pakistan in the first of three one-day internationals on Monday.

With David Warner calling it quits earlier this year and Steve Smith set to return to the his preferred number 4 spot, Australia are in need for an opening partner for Usman Khawaja.

He added that his teammates Labuschagne and Khawaja in particular were not happy to see him bat in the top order.

Australia men's head coach Andrew McDonald revealed that the decision to put Steve Smith back at No. 4 was taken after discussion with Pat Cummins.

Veteran Australia batter Steve Smith will return to his favoured number four position after a short stint as an opener in the upcoming Test series against India

India has won its previous four series against Australia in a row, including two wins in Australia in the 2018-19 and 2020-21 season.

England cricket team star batter Joe Root scripted history by achieving a mammoth feat on Day 2 of the first Test match against Pakistan in Multan on Tuesday.

Jasprit Bumrah's stocks have soared in world cricket over the last year or so.

Cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting to witness the thrilling Border-Gavaskar Test series between India and Australia.

A heartfelt moment between the two tough rivals came during the 2019 World Cup, when Virat stopped the crowd from boing at Smith over the 'Sandpaper Gate' saga.

Smith's individual performance as an opener has also been underwhelming, with just one fifty in eight innings and an average of 28.50, compared to his impressive average of 61.51 at No. 4.

Veteran batter Steve Smith described Virat Kohli's approach on the field in a unique way, saying the Indian batting stalwart is Australian in his thoughts and action.

"And particularly since India's beaten Australia in Australia the last two times they've come out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It just means a little bit more," said Usman Khawaja.

The modern era of cricket has been mainly dominated by four star batters - Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.

India have won the last two editions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy held in Australia in 2018/19 and 2020/21 respectively.