A buoyant Australia captain Pat Cummins predicted an "awesome' ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 final in front of a packed Narendra Modi Stadium with some 130,000 fans rooting for India. Five-time champions Australia have dominated India in the World Cup, but they lost the last two meetings, including the league stage clash in the 2023 edition. Speaking to the media on the eve of Sunday's title showdown, the pace-bowling all-rounder said that India "have been playing really well, undefeated this tournament. But we know at our best we can give them a good shake. We've played them quite a lot over the last couple years with success so it's all building up for a nice final." (Video: ICC)
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00:03 Needed to play from both sides.
00:05 We were there in 2003, so it feels a long time ago.
00:10 But we know it's going to be a packed house.
00:11 It's going to be 130,000 fans here supporting India.
00:17 So it's going to be-- yeah, it's going to be awesome.
00:19 They've been playing really well,
00:21 undefeated this tournament.
00:22 But we know at our best, we can give them a good shake.
00:27 We've played them quite a lot over the last couple of years
00:30 with success.
00:30 So it's all building up for a nice final.
00:33 Yeah, they've certainly played really well this World Cup.
00:36 I think we certainly didn't--
00:39 I don't think we scored par in that first game.
00:42 But we're one catch away from potentially
00:45 being in front of that game.
00:46 So there's lots of--
00:48 we won an ODI series here early on in the year.
00:51 There's lots of moments we can draw on where
00:53 we've had success against really good Indians.
00:55 So I think you've got to embrace it.
00:59 The crowd's obviously going to be very one-sided.
01:01 But it's also-- in sport, there's
01:05 nothing more satisfying than hearing a big crowd go silent.
01:08 And that's the aim for us tomorrow.
01:11 Yeah, you've just got to embrace every part of a final.
01:15 Even in the lead up, there's going to be noise and more
01:17 people and interest.
01:18 And you just can't get overwhelmed.
01:20 You've got to be up for it.
01:22 You've got to love it and just know
01:24 whatever happens, it's fine.
01:27 But you just want to finish the day with no regrets.
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