A 3-year-old video of Australia captain Pat Cummins speaking about Virat Kohli‘s fanatic fanbase in India has resurfaced on-line. In proof of what’s arguably some of the passionate but aggressive fanbases in cricket, Cummins spoke about how one will get “completely hounded” by Indian media and followers. Talking on The Grade Cricketer podcast, Cummins talked about an anecdote about when he had tweeted hoping Kohli would not rating 100; and was then flooded with replies when Kohli scored one in opposition to Australia six months later.

“Indian media…,” jokes Cummins, “when you reside on social media in any respect, you get completely hounded.”

“Say something about Virat Kohli, and look out for the subsequent years,” added the 2023 World Cup profitable captain.

Within the anecdote, Cummins mentions that he had been attacked by Kohli followers for a tweet that he had thought was really a praise to the Indian nice.

Recalling his tweet, Cummins mentioned, “I believed it was a little bit of a praise, ‘He is an amazing participant, hope he would not rating 100 as a result of he is a gun participant.”

Cummins mentioned that his telephone “blew up” when Kohli scored a century, bringing out laughter from the podcast hosts.

The occasion in context is in 2018, when captain Kohli had slammed 123 within the second Take a look at of the 2018-19 Border Gavaskar Trophy, in Perth. That was the one Take a look at that India misplaced, in what turned out to be a historic sequence win down underneath.

In current outings, Cummins has had the final snort over Virat Kohli. Particularly, the 2023 World Cup Ultimate, the place the pacer bowled Kohli to rattle the Indian innings. Cummins additionally not too long ago reached the IPL 2024 Ultimate, the place his Sunrisers Hyderabad aspect have been defeated by the Kolkata Knight Riders.

India and Australia are two of the groups hotly-tipped to make it to the latter levels of the 2024 T20 World Cup, establishing the potential for extra Kohli-Cummins encounters.