Since his debut for Australia in 2011, the fiery pacer, Pat Cummins has never looked back and established himself as one of the mainstays of Australia’s bowling line-up. Recently, he shared a vlog on his official YouTube channel where he recalled his first visit to India. In the video, Cummins went on to reveal that he visited India for the first time in 2011 for the Champions League T20, while playing for New South Wales, and he was stunned to see the Indian crowds going wild.

Reminiscing his memories from the tour, Cummins exclaimed that he was playing against some of the stalwarts of the game like Sachin Tendulkar, David Warner, and Shane Watson.

Recalling the tourn, Pat Cummins said, “The first time I landed in India was in 2011 to play the Champions League. I was playing for New South Wales and had just turned 18. That was the first time I had traveled overseas for cricket and growing up you hear all the stories of playing cricket in India and I just absolutely loved it. We played against some superstars, I think Sachin Tendulkar was playing in that tournament.”

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He further added, “As an 18-year-old coming here and hearing the crowd go crazy I couldn’t believe it. In the warm-up, David Warner and Shane Watson, who were on our side whenever they ran to the boundary, the crowd would just go crazy. It’s so different from Australia. We were here for three or four and I couldn’t get enough of it.”

Pat Cummins is widely renowned for rattling the opposition with accurate bowling. However, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has brought out a new side of Cummins as while plying his trade for Playing for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) he was seen delivering a handful of blistering performances with his bat. 

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Speaking about his batting, when asked if he loves tonking the balls, Pat Cummins replied, “I do (enjoy batting), yeah, sure. Especially when you’re batting kind of like seven or eight you’ve got a small window normally to make an impact so you’re going to try to work on being able to hit from ball one. I spend a lot of time being a boring Test batter, I can’t score runs. So I quite enjoy coming out here and swinging the bat. Sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn’t.”