Australian skipper Pat Cummins has slammed an Australian media outlet for misstating his statement about India and Champions Trophy. Pat Cummins, who is not participating in the ongoing Champions Trophy due to an ankle injury, had said that India playing all of their matches in Dubai carry an advantage over other teams. Cummins had said this in an interview with Yahoo Australia.
"I think it's good 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," said Cummins.
Meanwhile, Code Cricket alleged that Cummins had called out Champions Trophy's scheduling a farce and stated that the teams should not be allowed to pick and choose where they want to play.
"You can't pick and choose where you play and where you're not going to play... It makes a farce of these tournaments," Code Cricket quoted Cummins as saying.
But, Australian skipper responded quickly, refuting the claims and hitting out at the outlet for misquoting him. Cummins maintained that he had said no such thing.
"I have definitely never said this @codecricketau," Cummins wrote on X.