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Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins<\/a> slammed a media outlet on Tuesday (25 February) for misquoting him about India playing all their matches in Dubai in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy<\/a>.
The seamer, who is nursing an ankle injury and recently became father for the second time, is not part of the eight-team ODI tournament which is taking place in Pakistan and Dubai. He took to social media to slam Code Cricket, an Australian digital sports platform for attributing a quote to him that he never said.
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“I have definitely never said this @codecricketau,” Cummins posted on X.
FICTION: What was Pat Cummins attributed to have said<\/span><\/p>\n

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Champions Trophy: Nasser, Atherton, Cummins argue India hold advantage in Dubai | Pakistan out early<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Code Cricket<\/span>, in a now deleted post, alleged that the Aussie fast bowler called out the unfair advantage given to India by the ICC in the Champions Trophy<\/a> and termed the tournament a ‘farce’, saying teams should not be able to pick and choose where they want to play.
India are playing their matches, including a potential final, in Dubai in the Champions Trophy owing to security concerns in Pakistan. The tripartite agreement was reached<\/a> before the tournament began with BCCI, PCB and ICC the parties involved. Meanwhile other teams must travel between Pakistan and Dubai for their fixtures.<\/p>\n

The outlet shared comments by ex-England cricketer and now broadcaster Jonathan Agnew<\/a> as that of Cummins. In them, Agnew said, “I feel very uncomfortable about the way that India is being treated at the moment,” he told ABC Sport<\/span>.
“This is wrong; if you’re going to play international tournaments, you can’t pick and choose where you play and where you’re not going to play. I don’t see how long this can carry on for? It makes a farce of these tournaments,” he added.
FACT: What did Pat Cummins say on the topic<\/span>
Pat Cummins did, however, speak about the topic at hand<\/a>. He was interviewed by Yahoo Australia and said India did have a “huge advantage.” The belief was also shared by former England captains<\/a>Nasser Hussain<\/a> and Michael Atherton<\/a>.
Cummins, in an interview with Yahoo Australia<\/span> was more measured on the topic and said, \u201cI think it’s good in that the tournament can go on, but obviously, it does give them (India) a huge advantage playing on the same ground. They already look very strong, and they’ve got that obvious benefit of playing all their games there.”<\/div>\n