[Watch] Man asks some Australian people if they know Pat Cummins and Travis Head, find out what most of them said
A video is going viral on social media in which a man with a mic is seen asking members of the Australian public whether they know Pat Cummins and Travis Head. Rather surprisingly, most of them had no idea about the two cricket superstars of the country.
Cummins and Head were among the biggest heroes of Australia's 2023 ODI World Cup triumph in India. However, the victory might not have done a lot to increase the popularity of cricket in the country if the viral video is anything to go by.
In the clip shared by a few users on social media, a young man is seen conducting a vox-pop. He asks the public if they have heard of Cummins and Head. When asked about Australia's ODI and Test captain, one of them said:
"No, I have not [heard about him]."
When two other men were approached with the query, one of them replied:
"We are not sports people."
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Another young man said that he had heard about Cummins. But when asked for an opinion on the fast bowler, he replied that he did not have any.
A couple of members seemed clueless on hearing the names of Cummins and Head, while one female blushed that Brett Lee was the only Australian cricketer she had heard about.
Cummins and Head were instrumental in Australia's ODI World Cup and WTC triumphs
Cummins was the captain of the Australian side that won the 2023 World Test Championship (WTC) and the 2023 ODI World Cup. On both occasions, the Aussies beat India in the final. Incidentally, Head was the Player of the Match in both the summit clashes, hammering brilliant hundreds.
Having missed most of the matches in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India due to injury, Head made a sensational return to the team in the ICC event. He ended up scoring 329 runs in six innings at an average of 54.83 and a strike rate of 127.51. The left-hander slammed 109 off 67 against New Zealand in the league stage, 62 off 48 in the semifinal against South Africa, and 137 off 120 in the final.
Speaking of Cummins, he also made a big impact in the ODI World Cup, claiming 15 wickets in 11 matches at an impressive economy rate of 5.75. The Australian captain dismissed Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in the final. In the 2021-23 WTC cycle, the right-arm pacer claimed 57 wickets in 16 matches at an average of 22.15, with three five-wicket hauls.