‘We’ve got India in the WTC final first’: Pat Cummins on Ashes talk
As India and Australia gear up for the much-anticipated World Test Championship Final scheduled to start later this week, Pat Cummins and Co want to take the coveted trophy home, while India, the 2021’s runners up, are looking to go one better.
“We’ve got India in the World Test Championship final first, which I think a lot of people forgot,” Cummins told reporters ahead of the match at the Oval. India will play Australia in the 2023 World Test Championship Final starting June 7 at The Oval in London.
Australia's poor over rate in the MCG Test against India cost them a few points and kept them from making the WTC final the first time around.
Reflecting back on the inaugural edition, the Aussie skipper said that it wasn't until they witnessed India and New Zealand competing in the final in Southampton two years ago that it hit them.
“I think being new, it probably didn’t hit us until the game was actually played, and you saw over there [in England] New Zealand did well and you wish you were there,” Cummins said at the start of the Australian Test summer last year, as quoted by the Age.
“It feels like second time around it’s got a little bit more on it. It felt like a big missed opportunity that first one. So it certainly gives a bit more context to every series now, something big to play for.
Speaking about the championship, the 29-year-old said that it provides “global context” and something to compete for.
"The big series, say Ashes or India series where you play four or five Test matches, are obviously big battles, whereas the more common series where you play two or three in a series, it [the World Test Championship] gives them a bit more global context and something a bit extra to play for," he said.
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