Pat Cummins’ son Albie adorably interrupts father’s press conference in Sydney

Australia captain Pat Cummins’ press conference in Sydney was interrupted on Sunday, January 5. Cummins had to stop replying to questions after his 3-year-old son Albie walked into the room. The adorable moment was captured by the journalists at the event.

The Australia captain attended the post-series press conference as the winner of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia made a massive comeback in the series after losing the opener in Perth and rolled India over with a 3-1 victory. Cummins was the star of the show, picking up 25 wickets from 5 Tests and scoring crucial runs in the lower order.

The Australian captain has now won three ICC trophies as captain and has helped Australia hold every single bilateral series. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the Champions Trophy were the only two major honours that was not in Cummins’ cabinet and he has been able to write off one of those in this series.

On the day, India’s decade-long domination of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy came to a grinding halt as Australia hammered the Jasprit Bumrah side by 6 wickets. Playing on Day 3 of the final Test match in Sydney, India simply failed to contain the Australian batting line-up as the hosts chased down a target of 162 runs in just 27 overs.

In the absence of Bumrah, India bowled like headless chickens, spraying the ball everywhere. It was in stark contrast to how Scott Boland and Pat Cummins operated in the Test, especially on Day 3 morning to knock over the last four Indian wickets for just 16 runs.

India would have hoped for more fight with the bat from Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, but it was not meant to be on a pitch that had excessive seam movement, unlike the Sydney Test.

Mohammed Siraj, who showed signs of returning to form on Day 2, started off with 5-wides in his first over. Youngster Prasidh Krishna followed suit in the very next over, adding to India’s misery.

Australia accepted the New Year’s gift with open arms and got off to a rapid start – almost mimicking the powerplay in T20 cricket. Chasing 162 runs, Australia were 50/1 in 6 overs, which any team would have gleefully accepted even in T20 cricket, let alone Test.

The only pressure that India were able to realistically put was during a 3-over block by Prasidh Krishna, who was able to pick up wickets of Marnus Labuschange and Steve Smith just before Lunch.

Post Lunch, Australia once again came out looking to take the attack to India. Travis Head and Usman Khawaja deposited the Indian pacers for boundaries and took away hope of winning the Test match in no time.

There was a slight skip in India’s step after removing Khawaja for 41, but by that time the muted celebrations suggested that India had already accepted their fate in this series.

Khawaja’s departure did not deter Australia’s resolve. Debutant Beau Webster, who scored a fifty in the first innings, showed no signs of nerves at all and got Australia to the winning total with ease.