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Pat Cummins has known as out an Australian media outlet for twisting his statements relating to India’s Champions trophy schedule. Australia captain Cummins, who skipped the Champions Trophy for the start of his second baby — daughter Edi — and to nurse an damage, stated that taking part in all of their video games in Dubai provides India a bonus over the opposite staff’s within the match. Cummins’ had made the revelation throughout an interview with Yahoo Sports activities Australia.
“I think it’s good that the tournament can go on, but obviously it does give them (India) a huge advantage playing on the same ground. They already look very strong and they’ve got that obvious benefit of playing all their games there,” stated Cummins.
Nonetheless, Code Cricket alleged quoted Cummins calling Champions Trophy’s scheduling a farce and that the groups shouldn’t be allowed to choose and select venues.
“You can’t pick and choose where you play and where you’re not going to play… It makes a farce of these tournaments,” Code Cricket had quoted Cummins as saying.
Nonetheless, responding to a publish on X, Cummins known as out Code Cricket for fabricating his feedback.
The quote that Code Sports activities attributed to Cummins was really stated by Jonathan Agnew, a former England cricketer.
In the meantime, India have certified for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy after beating Bangladesh and Pakistan, respectively.
They are going to now tackle New Zealand to resolve the order of the group, with each groups already into the semi-finals.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia lauded the staff for his or her effort and suggested them to not be complacent and give attention to the massive matches forward.
“We don’t need to be complacent… should focus on the big matches ahead (semi-final and final). The entire team is performing well, Rohit (Sharma) is scoring, Virat (Kohli) smashed a brilliant ton and Hardik Pandya bowled really well. So, we’re very happy with the win over Pakistan. 70 per cent of the crowd present in the stadium (in Dubai) was supporting Team India and the atmosphere was electrifying. Everybody is so proud of the team,” Saikia instructed IANS.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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