It was as quiet as a library: Pat Cummins recalls Virat Kohli's dismissal in ODI World Cup final
Cummins bowled brilliantly in the World Cup final. He took two wickets with 34 runs after bowling the entire ten overs. One of which was Virat Kohli. Kohli was bowled out by Pat Cummins in the final. After Kohli's dismissal, a deafening silence descended on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Cummins found the 100,000-capacity stadium as silent as a library. A memory that Cummins will remember for the rest of his life.

Khan Mutasim Billah LifeEditor
Posted - 2023-11-27T21:01:56+06:00
Updated - 2023-11-27T21:01:56+06:00
Cummins bowled brilliantly in the World Cup final. He took two wickets with 34 runs after bowling the entire ten overs. One of which was Virat Kohli. Kohli was bowled out by Pat Cummins in the final. After Kohli's dismissal, a deafening silence descended on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Cummins found the 100,000-capacity stadium as silent as a library. A memory that Cummins will remember for the rest of his life.
In a press conference with the Indian crowd before the final, Cummins said he wanted to silence the entire gallery. Cummins did the same with Kohli's wicket. After losing the toss and batting first, India got off to a flying start as Rohit Sharma quickly lost three wickets, and then KL Rahul and Virat Kohli formed a partnership. Along with the four-sixes and individual runs, the audience's cheer was palpable.
Cummins brought down silence in the 29th over of the match in such a noisy environment. Virat Kohli wanted to play his short-length balls gently. But you may not have thought that the ball would bounce more. As a result, the ball hit the edge of the bat and broke the stump. Kohli's 54 runs off 63 balls stunned the entire gallery. That moment came up in a recent interview with Cummins.
Cummins was asked in an interview by the Australian newspaper The Age, which moment of the final can he remember lying on his deathbed at the age of 70?
In response, the Australia captain spoke about Kohli's wicket. Describing the moment, he said, “I think the Virat Kohli wicket I was obviously very pumped. And then, we're in the huddle after that wicket, and Steve Smith says, 'Boys, listen to the crowd for a second'. And we just took a moment of pause, and it was as quiet as a library; 100,000 Indians there, and it was so quiet. I'll savour that moment for a long time.”