{"id":228851,"date":"2023-11-20T00:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=228851"},"modified":"2023-11-20T02:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:28:01","slug":"we-saved-our-best-for-the-last-says-australian-captain-pat-cummins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/we-saved-our-best-for-the-last-says-australian-captain-pat-cummins\/","title":{"rendered":"We saved our best for the last, says Australian captain Pat Cummins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahmedabad, 19 Nov:<\/strong> Restricting a powerful Indian batting line-up to 240 was a huge factor in Australia winning their sixth World Cup, captain Pat Cummins said on Sunday, terming the victory as their best effort in the showpiece.<\/p>\n

Riding on Travis Head’s 120-ball 137, the Aussies chased down the target after an early stutter to etch a six-wicket victory.<\/p>\n

“We saved our best for the last. I am chuffed with keeping them to 240 – anything under 300 really. I was one of those blokes with the hearts fluttering but Head took the game on,” said Cummins during the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n

The wining skipper said it was a delight to see the big-match players in his ranks such as Head, Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Starc putting their hands up on the big night.<\/p>\n

“A couple of big-match players stepped up and chuffed. It was a shift after two games. The openers were really aggressive and it was a total buy-in from everyone. We will remember this year (2023) for a long time. This pips it all,” said Cummins.<\/p>\n

Cummins then went on to explain his decision to chase the target rather than setting one, something teams usually refrain from doing in high-stakes matches.<\/p>\n

“We thought it was a good night to chase. The pitch was slower than I thought and it didn’t particularly spin and we bowled tight lines. On a slow wicket with variable bounce, we had a couple of catchers on the leg side,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cummins was also effusive in his praise for Australia’s effort on the field.<\/p>\n

“We have an ageing side but everyone threw themselves around,” he said.<\/p>\n

Man-of-the-match Head joined the squad late as he was recovering from a hand injury that he suffered during the pre-World Cup bilateral ODI series against South Africa.<\/p>\n

Cummins patted the South Australian for his awesome innings in the final.<\/p>\n

“The selectors backed him even when he had a broken hand. It’s a big risk and it paid off.”<\/p>\n

The Sydney cricketer was happy to play and triumph in front of passionate spectators in India.<\/p>\n

“It was awesome to play and the passion in India is unrivalled. You just got to go and win a World Cup (in India). You can’t wait for it,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia’s deputy PM Richard Marles handed over the World Cup trophy to Cummins. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahmedabad, 19 Nov: Restricting a powerful Indian batting line-up to 240 was a huge factor in Australia winning their sixth World Cup, captain Pat Cummins said on Sunday, terming the victory as their best effort in the showpiece. Riding on Travis Head’s 120-ball 137, the Aussies chased down the target after an early stutter to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-228851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}