Australia captain Pat Cummins lashed out at some of the commentators for creating misunderstanding in the Australian dressing room. Cummins was asked about the alleged rift in the Australian dressing room several times during his pre-match press conference in Adelaide on Thursday, 5 December, and he answered all the questions as well.

Commentators including Adam Gilchrist and Sunil Gavaskar reacted to Josh Hazlewood's comments on Day 3 of the Perth Test match, where he had lashed out at the Australian batting line-up for their poor performance at the Optus Stadium in the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Hazlewood had also blamed the batters after India put up a massive 534-run target in Perth and asked the journalists to question the batters about the Test match.

While Gilchrist, who was the broadcaster had said Hazlewood's statements as uncharacteristic, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar had chimed that there was a rift in the Australia dressing room as well. 

Speaking at the press conference, Cummins said, "The team's great. Some of the commentators got it a hundred per cent wrong. We prepared like we always do. It's a great feeling around the team. When things don't go right, there are enough commentators who will support you but some that will try and create headlines. We try not to notice those things. We try to concentrate our focus on how we prepare, give ourselves the best chance to win the games."

Mitchell Marsh fit to play the second Test

The Australia captain also shared the change in the side due to the injury of Hazlewood. They brought back Scott Boland in the line-up, who is well-known for his stunning accuracy with the ball. Cummins also gave an update on Mitchell Marsh's fitness claiming that Australia would not want him to bowl in the next couple of days as well.

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"We have made the call with the medical team to give him another couple of days off bowling. Expecting him to warm-up only in case he is required to bowl. I am guessing he will be required at some point," Cummins said.

Australia are under pressure after the defeat in the first Test

However, Australia are 0-1 down in the Test series after the defeat in the first Test against India and will get knocked out of the World Test Championship Final race if they lose the series. Following the defeat, the team is under pressure ahead of the pink ball Test match.

"When you are playing at home, any Test match will give pressure. When you are down, there is a little bit more. We have been in similar situations before, whether it is World Cups or other series, where you are in must-win situations. We are not there yet at the moment. We love playing here, we love playing in Australia. We know that we were not at our best last week, we know things that we had to work on. Excited for the last 4 Test matches. Everyone in this team has got personal pride, professional pride," he said.

"I was happy with the way I bowled. I felt that it came out (of the hand) all right. In the second innings, I tried a few more things. But ya, overall I think I am happy with my rhythm," Pat Cummins concluded.