‘I’ll take Virat Kohli’s wicket to my grave’, Cummins on ‘Deathbed Moment’

Currently, a second-string Australian side is playing a five-match T20I series against a young Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav. The Men in Blue lead the series 2-0 and only need a win to clinch the series.

New Delhi: Australia’s ODI World Cup-winning skipper Pat Cummins has revealed his ‘deathbed moment’ in a recent interaction. The speedster said he would take Virat Kohli’s wicket, which he scalped during the 2023 ICC World Cup final on November 19 in Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

“On your deathbed, seventy years from now, what is the moment you will think about from that finale?” asked columnist and author Peter FitzSimons.

“I think the Virat Kohli wicket…,” Cummins replied.

During the pre-match press conference, Cummins wished that he would like to close 1 lakh fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium, and he did just that.

“I was obviously very pumped. And then we’re in the huddle after that wicket, and Steve Smith says, “Guys, just listen to the crowd.” And we took a break, and it was as quiet as a library; 100,000 Indians there, and it was so quiet. I will cherish that moment for a long time,” Cummins said.

Batting first, India huffed and puffed to reach a score of 240 runs after 50 overs of play despite getting off to a good start in the first 11 overs of the match.

Australia were led in reply by Travis Head, who scored a brilliant 120-ball (137) to take the Aussies home and guide the team to their 6th ODI World Cup. Australia is the only team in the world to have won world titles in every format of the game. Earlier this year, they won the ICC World Test Championship, beating India in the top-flight match in England.

Currently, a second-string Australian side is playing a five-match T20I series against a young Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav. The Men in Blue lead the series 2-0 and only need a win to clinch the series.