KKR vs SRH: That's Australia, it's great and peaceful - Pat Cummins disrespects India when asked about muted reception post-WC win
Updated - 25 May 2024, 07:15 PM
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Pat Cummins had a fabulous stint as captain in 2023. He retained Ashes and won the WTC final and the World Cup. Now he is setting his sights on winning the IPL and adding another feather to his cap.
Winning the WTC final and the World Cup final against India were his two biggest achievements in his brief leadership career. Now he is on the verge of winning an IPL title.
SRH will take on KKR in the IPL 2024 final on Sunday. Pat Cummins was roped in at 20.5 crores by the franchise and he has not let his franchise down. He took the responsibility of captaincy with utmost seriousness and now the team under him has reached the IPL final.
SRH lost to KKR in Qualifier 1. However, he regrouped the team well and backed them to deliver in the Qualifier 2 against Rajasthan Royals. SRH posted a good score of 175/9 batting first. It was Cummins who gave his team the first breakthrough while defending the target, dismissing Tom Kohler-Cadmore for 10.
His next big move was to bowl Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed in tandem which yielded his team five wickets and broke the back of the run chase from Rajasthan Royals. Heading into the IPL 2024 final. Pat Cummins spoke to Sports Tak and recalled the muted reception he got at the airport after returning back Australia post the World Cup win.
That's Australia For You: Pat Cummins On His Muted Reception After World Cup Win
Cummins said that the public was not as vocal as the Indian public would have been had they won the World Cup but the players were greeted enthusiastically by their fellow countrymen wherever they went.
“That's Australia for you. It's great, it's peaceful!” Cummins said as he laughed, talking about the reception in an interview with SportsTak.
"It's a little bit different because everyone flies off to different states. We didn't have one big celebration back in Australia, but I can tell you that everyone was buzzing. Every time we went out on the streets over the next couple of weeks, everyone was absolutely buzzing about the World Cup final, as were we as players. It might not be streets lined up like you would've got here if India won, but people there were pretty happy," he further added.
The Australian skipper is now eyeing to win the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad. He will be the second Australian captain to win the IPL title with SRH if that happens after David Warner in 2016. SRH beat RCB to win the title in 2016. Kane Williamson led SRH to their second IPL final in 2018 but lost to CSK at the Chepauk. This is the third IPL final for SRH and the fourth for KKR.
"The boys have been fantastic all season. There's a great vibe in the squad as you can see and the final was the goal at the start of the season and we made it. We knew our strength was our batting and we wouldn't underestimate the experience we have in this squad, it's a dream having Bhuvi, Nattu and Unadkat, makes my job easy," said Cummins after beating SRH in Qualifier 2.
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