ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia's Winning Captain Pat Cummins Blanked By Fans On Home Return - Watch

Australia's ICC Cricket World Cup 2023-winning captain Pat Cummins returned home, only to find his homecoming devoid of any fan support. Instead, media personnel swarmed the Aussie skipper for pictures while he collected his bearings at the airport

Outlook Sports Desk

Updated on: 22 November 2023 2:15 pm

Australian captain Pat Cummins (L) with centurion Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne (R)

Far removed from the scenes that greeted the Indian Cricket Team upon their victory at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was Australian skipper Pat Cummins' arrival back home in Australia, mere days after winning the 2023 edition. Cummins landed with the Cricket World Cup trophy - ?Australia's sixth - but found no fans flocking toward him as he made his way through the airport and to the city outside. Instead, Cummins was greeted by media personnel, as the few bystanders who had managed to clock his appearance stood still in awe of the Aussie pacer.??(More Cricket World Cup News)

This is Pat Cummins' welcome at airport. ?? Looks like cricket World Cup wasn't telecasted in Australia. pic.twitter.com/0y4wihHV7A
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 22, 2023

Cummins, however, will be barely moved by the fans' no-show at the airport. Just 72 hours earlier in?India, the 30-year-old helped his team beat hosts India in front of a 130,000-strong-yet-silent home crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India, who had hitherto enjoyed an unbeaten run in the tournament, succumbed to the record champions, who suffocated the Men in Blue's batting order to limit them to a modest 240 before chasing down that target easily.?

Cummins, who didn't enjoy the most productive of tournaments in terms of pure numbers, came into his own in the knockouts. The pacer scalped three wickets in the semi-final against South Africa and two more in the final, helping his team lift the coveted cup for a record-extending sixth time.?