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ICC WORLD CUP 2023

A dream come true for men

from Down Under; heartbreak

for Men in Blue

Australia opener Travis Head dominated the Indian bowlers on his way to

a match-winning knock of 137 in 120 balls

OUR BUREAU

Ahmedabad
ollowing his side’s six-wicket
win over India in the final of
FICC Cricket World Cup final,
Australian skipper Pat Cummins said
that he fell in love with the one-day
format all over again with this World
Cup and described the win as a “pin-
nacle of international cricket”.
Another heartbreak was added
to the list of Indian fans as Men in
Blue succumbed to Australia, led
by a masterclass from Travis Head,
which helped the Aussies lift their
sixth World Cup title.
In the post-match press confer-
ence, Cummins said, “That is huge
(The World Cup win), I think that’s
the pinnacle of international cricket,
winning a one-day World Cup. Espe-
cially over here in India, in front of
a crowd like this. Yeah, that is huge.
Yeah, it has been a big year for every-
one, but our cricket team has been
here in India, the Ashes, World Test
Championship and top it off with this
is just huge and these are the mo-
ments that you will remember for the
rest of your life.”
Cummins admitted that he was Travis Head celebrates after scoring a century during in the World Cup 2023 final match against India in Ahmedabad on Sunday (ANI)
nervous in the morning and it was an
unforgettable experience seeing over
1 lakh fans dressed in India’s blue selfie cameras out, you kind of knew “The pitch played pretty well toss really - but I thought you know
jersey. you were walking into something actually, it was quite slow and basi- half a chance of the wicket got bet-
“Yeah, I mean I always like to pretty special. And then to walk out cally no bounce, but I do not think ter tonight and you know in a World
say I am pretty relaxed but I was a for the toss and just see 130,000 blue the bounce was anything different to Cup game you can make a mistake
little bit nervous this morning you Indian shirts, it is an experience you anywhere else in the tournament. It bowling and it does not really matter
know just pacing around waiting for will never forget. Awesome day and probably did not spin as much as I too much, but if you make a mistake
it to get started just seeing the sea the good thing was they were not too thought it would. Yesterday it looked batting and you are under pressure it
of blue in the hotel getting near- noisy for most of it,” said Cummins. really dry, but it was quite firm today. can be fatal so I just felt like it was
er the ground and seeing the sea of Cummins said that the pitch Yeah, the wicket was fine really. And the right time to go out and have a
blue, walking, making its way to the played well and it was quite slow with then the toss, we were kind of um- bowl,” he added.
ground, all the cars parked with their no bounce. ming and ahhing right up until the Continued on next page... >>

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