Sydney, Nov. 25 -- Australian skipper Pat Cummins started bowling with a pink Kookaburra ball in Sydney on Tuesday, serving a massive indication on his participation in the second Ashes Test, a pink-ball match, at The Gabba starting from November 29 onwards.

Cummins had missed the first Test due to lower-back issues, and Steve Smith took the captaincy armband in his absence. Cummins was seen bowling with the pink ball at Silverwater's Cricket Central, getting himself with a weapon that demolished Team India last summer during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, taking seven wickets in the Adelaide pink-ball Test last year, which included a second innings five-wicket haul.

Speaking to Fox Cricket on Saturday, Cummins had said that he was "half-c...