Silence of crowd when Virat got out was most satisfying: Cummins

The deafening silence of over 90000 supporters at the Narendra Modi Stadium as Pat Cummins snuffed out the peerless Virat Kohli in the World Cup final was perhaps the sweetest moment the Australian skipper has ever experienced on a cricket fieldAfter becoming the fifth Australian captain to secure his countrys sixth ODI World Cup here on Sunday Cummins admitted that he has fallen in love with 50over format all over againHe got Kohli who was wellset on 54 with a delivery that had an extra bounce and the premier India batter played on trying to jab it towards the coversAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Players to impress most in the tournamentYeah I think so Cummins nodded in affirmative when asked if the silence was his sweetest experience on a cricket fieldIn fact going against their custom the Aussies had a second huddle to just acknowledge how big the moment in the game wasWe did take a second in the huddle just to acknowledge the silence that was going around the crowd It just felt like it was one of those days where it was all made for him to score another hundred like he normally does and that was satisfying Cummins saidAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Aussies clinch their sixth titleHe believes that the ODI World Cup is here to stay as it has its own legacy and also players have their stories to tell and perhaps it is the bilateral series that becomes a problemI must say maybe because we won I did fall in love with ODI again this World Cup I think the scenario where every game really matters does mean a bit different to just a bilateral he acknowledgedI mean the World Cups got such a rich history Im sure its going to be around for a long time Yeah there are so many wonderful games and so many wonderful stories within these last couple of months So I think theres definitely a placeHe lost his mother in March during a tour of India which he had to curtailHe returned leading the country to the World Test Championship title secured the coveted Ashes and now clinched what he termed the pinnacle of this sportAustralias Captain Marvel has accomplished it allYeah I mean at this moment just incredibly proud of the year weve had I have obviously had a really big year he saidHe spoke about the sacrifices made by everyone in the team and their familiesI know my family at home is watching just got a message from Dad saying hes had a lot of 4 am wakeups not going to bed until 4 am so hes as pumped as anything So yeah you sacrifice a lot to play for AustraliaBut this was also about going through all of that in search of this dayEveryone in the team has and weve spent a lot of this year away but we do it for these moments my wife and two girls are probably asleep but theyre all pumped they do the journey with usSo everyones got their own story but theres a lot of proud people out there in our team Cummins saidFrom his hotel room he saw Indian supporters all clad in blue walk towards the stadium He felt a sense of nervous energy pacing up and down in his hotel roomI always like to say Im pretty relaxed but I was a little bit nervous this morningiquest he admittedJust pacing around waiting for it to start seeing the sea of blue in the hotel getting closer to the groundObserving the sea of blue cars parked with selfie cameras out you knew you were walking into something pretty special Cummins described his experience before the gameAnd then to walk out for the toss and just see 130000 blue Indian shirts its an experience youll never forget Awesome day and the good thing was they werent too noisy for most of it he saidThe official attendance for the match was 92543Head gamble pays offAmid all the emotions the skipper spoke about Travis Head the man who always messes with India be it the WTC final or ODI World Cup final The Indian team has no answer for himTravis Head was phenomenal A lot of credit should also go to Andrew McDonald and George Bailey the selectors to take a punt he was all praise for the backroom staff who had their own conviction in why they needed the southpaw in the mixIn fact there was a chance that the decision could have boomerangedHe had a broken finger a broken hand for the half of the tournament but to keep him in the squad was a huge riskAnd the medical team were fantastic obviously to get him into a place where he could perform So that was a big riskI think we could have been made to look really silly if that didnt pay off but you got to take those risks to win a tournament he addedThe skipper couldnt be happier for a player who is ready to put everything on the line for the teamTrav the player weve seen in Tests epitomises everything I want in a cricket team He takes the game on plays with a smile puts pressure back on the opposition and is just great fun to be around I couldnt be happier for Trav the skipper wouldnt stop gushing in his mates praiseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness 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