Jab bhi Australia ki team South Africa ki dharti par kadam rakhti hai, purane zakhm taaza ho jaate hain. 2018 ka wo badnaam Sandpapergate scandal aaj bhi ek ghost ki tarah unka peecha kar raha hai. Is baar drama thoda alag hai kyunki Usman Khawaja apni nayi kitab Sabr ke saath taiyaar hain. Kya is kitab mein kuch aisa hai jo Pat Cummins ki neendein uda dega? Captain ne khul kar is par apni baat rakhi hai.
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Durban mein hone wale pehle Test se theek pehle, Pat Cummins ne confirm kiya hai ki Usman Khawaja ne unhe apni autobiography ke baare mein briefing di hai. Sabr naam ki ye kitab November 10 ko release ho rahi hai aur market mein hype hai ki Khawaja ne koi ghost-writer use nahi kiya hai, yani har ek shabd unka apna aur Unfiltered hoga.
Jab Pat Cummins se poocha gaya ki kya wo naye khulason se darte hain, to unka jawab ekdum High-Class Journalism style mein seedha tha: Maine har sawal ka jawab ek million baar diya hai. Cummins ka manna hai ki team ab us scandal se aage badh chuki hai. Unhone bataya ki Uzzie ne unhe kuch hafte pehle call karke heads-up diya tha, aur Cummins ne bade dil se kaha: No worries, you can tell your story.
Wahi doosri taraf, Pakistan cricket ki baat karein to wahan bina kisi scandal ke hi roz naya drama chalta hai. Jahan Australia 8 saal purane mudde ko handle kar rahi hai, Pakistan mein har 8 din mein ek naya captain ya naya lafda taiyaar rehta hai. Unki inconsistency ka koi tod nahi hai, kabhi board badalta hai to kabhi captain ki kismat!
Analysis & Numbers
- Pat Cummins aur Usman Khawaja ne saath mein 56 Test matches khele hain, jisme se 36 mein Cummins captain rahe hain.
- 2018 ke Cape Town Test ke baad ye pehli baar hai jab Australia wahan Test series khelne gayi hai.
- Cricket Australia ke CEO Todd Greenberg ke mutabiq, dono teams ab ek hi hotel mein breakfast kar rahi hain, jo purani kadwahat khatam hone ka nishana hai.
- Bowlers group: Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc aur Nathan Lyon ne hamesha Sandpaper ki jaankari hone se inkaar kiya hai.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Pat Cummins ka confidence dikhata hai ki unhone as a leader team ka culture poori tarah badal diya hai. Ye ek True Dominance ki nishani hai. Khawaja ki kitab controversial ho sakti hai, par ye Australian team ab mental toughness ke us level par hai jahan purani baatein unka focus nahi bigad sakti. Wahi humare padosi desh Pakistan ko dekh lijiye: wahan consistency sirf haarne aur aapas mein ladne mein milti hai. Australia ne apne gunahon se seekha hai, jabki wahan aaj bhi wahi purani galtiyan repeat ho rahi hain.
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