In an old video that has gone viral on social media, Australian Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins is seen telling how he was pursued by Virat Kohli followers who misinterpreted a statement he made about the Indian batting sensation. The Australian bowler later admitted that he thought he was complimenting Kohli by wishing he didn’t make a hundred, but the cricketer’s supporters misinterpreted his words.
Viart Kohli at 35 years old is hailed as a contemporary cricket maestro. Accumulating a remarkable 26733 runs in 580 international cricket innings featuring 80 centuries and 139 halfcenturies he stands as a testament to excellence in the sport. Enthusiasts can witness both Kohli and Cummins in action during the ongoing T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States.
Meanwhile, a flashback video of Pat Cummins’ appearance on The Grade Cricketer Podcast has gone popular on social media. In the video, he explains how his attempt to laud Kohli backfired, resulting in a lot of anger from the former Indian captain’s supporters. Pat Cummins explains what happened in the video:
“If you live at social media at all, you get absolutely hounded. Like, say anything about Virat Kohli and look out for the next years. I remembered I said something a few years ago. It was actually what, I thought, was a bit of a compliment. You know like ‘he’s a great player, hope he doesn’t score a hundred because he is a gun player’. And then about six months later, when he did score one, my phones blew up. They’ve got a long memory.”
Pat Cummins
Kohli has a great record against Australia in international cricket. In 96 matches across three forms, he scored 5,203 runs, including 16 hundreds and 27 fifties.
Pat Cummins dismissed Virat Kohli in the 2023 World Cup final
Pat Cummins, who led Australia to victory over India in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, also dismissed Kohli. He caused the Indian run machine to pull one back onto his stumps, and the top hitter went on to score 54 off 63 balls. Kohli’s dismissal elicited a startled quiet from a full audience at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
Australia sent India into bat, and they ended up scoring a mediocre 240 runs. Cummins ended with a fantastic result of 2-34, while Mitchell Starc got 3-55. Travis Head (137 off 120) then hit a spectacular century as Australia defeated India by six wickets to win the ODI world championship for the sixth time.