It was not known if Pat Cummins was searching \u2018How to silence a big, partisan crowd\u2019 as the Australia captain entered the press conference room fiddling with his phone but he conceded that was pretty much the plan for the World Cup final against India. As if India\u2019s formidable batting lineup and fiery bowling attack were not handful enough, Australia will also have to deal with boisterous Indian fans, who will be egging on Rohit Sharma and his team on Sunday. Not a single seat in the 130,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium is likely to stay unoccupied when five-time champions Australia clash with an India side who are unbeaten in the tournament. But Australia are a team full of big-match performers who also know what it\u2019s like to play in cricket-crazy India from their time in the Indian Premier League. Cummins said the best way to overcome a challenge like that was to embrace it. \u201cThe crowd\u2019s obviously going to be very one-sided but in sport, there\u2019s nothing more satisfying than hearing a big crowd go silent and that\u2019s the aim for us tomorrow,\u201d he told reporters on Saturday. \u201cYou\u2019ve just got to embrace every part of a final … you know in the lead-up there\u2019s going to be noise and more people and interest and you just can\u2019t get overwhelmed. \u201cYou got to be up for it, you got to love it and just know whatever happens it\u2019s fine but you just want to finish the day with no regrets.\u201d And while he accepted the dimensions of Sunday\u2019s match would be different to any his side had experienced before, Cummins said: \u201cWe play over here in India a lot so the noise is not something new. \u201cI think on this scale it\u2019s probably bigger than we would have experienced before but it\u2019s not something totally foreign to what we\u2019ve had before. \u201cEveryone deals with it slightly differently \u2014 you see Davey [Warner] probably dancing and winning the crowd over, other guys just staying in their own bubble \u2014 it should be good.\u201d Beaten comprehensively by India in their opener, Australia strung together eight wins in a row to make the final against India, who have a perfect 10-0 record in the tournament. \u201cWe know it\u2019s going to be a packed house. There\u2019s going to be 130,000 fans here supporting India. So it\u2019s going to be awesome,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been playing really well, undefeated this tournament. But we know at our best we can give them a good shake.\u201d Much of it will depend on how their new ball pair of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood fare against India\u2019s top order. Starc bowled seven overs on the trot in their semi-final victory against South Africa sharing five wickets with Hazlewood. \u201cThe opening partnership between him and Josh Hazlewood is going to be a big one for us,\u201d said Cummins, who is banking on their experience in global events organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). \u201cWe saw what impact they can have in a game when they bowl like they did the other night. So, they\u2019re both big-game players, played in a few ICC finals now, so know what it takes.\u201d Cummins also highlighted the impact of rival paceman Mohammed Shami had made upon a \u201cwell-rounded\u201d India side. Shami was left out of the team at the start of the World Cup but is now the tournament\u2019s leading bowler, with 23 wickets from just six games at a stunningly low average of under 10 apiece. \u201cHe\u2019s a class bowler to right and left-armers,\u201d said Cummins. \u201cBut all our batters can draw on moments where they\u2019ve taken on these [India] bowlers and done well.\u201d Cummins felt Australia were yet to play a \u201ccomplete game\u201d in the tournament and hoped they have preserved it for the summit clash. \u201cThere have been no huge wins. We\u2019ve had to fight for every win, but we\u2019ve found a way to win,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cI\u2019m taking that confidence, knowing that we don\u2019t have to be at our absolute best to challenge any team, we can find a way through it.\u201d Victory on Sunday would cap a remarkable 2023 for Australia that saw them narrowly lose a Test series in India before defeating India in a World Test Championship final in England, where they also went on to retain the Ashes after a drawn campaign. \u201cIt\u2019s been a huge year,\u201d said Cummins, also the skipper of Australia\u2019s Test team. \u201cThese are four marquee events. Some of the guys probably spent less than a couple of weeks in their own bed since the end of the Aussie summer. \u201cThe guys have been awesome. They\u2019re so up for every game they play. To put ourselves in this position, it [winning the World Cup] would just top off an incredible year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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