On Pat Cummins, David Warner's Threads Chat, Rishabh Pant's Comment Can't Be Missed

09.07.2023 - 06:37 sports.ndtv.com

Despite playing the ongoing third Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Headingley in Leeds, Pat Cummins and David Warner took their time out to join the Threads app.

Soon after joining the platform, Warner put up a post tagging his Australian teammate Pat Cummins. "Hey I'm now on Threads," wrote Warner.

Cummins, in his reply, came out with a special request. "No dance videos on here plz," he commented. What added more fun was the comment of India's wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on it. "Best advice bro," wrote the Indian southpaw. See the interaction here: On Threads -- Meta's rival to Twitter -- people can post text and links and reply to or repost messages from others.

It will also let users port over their existing follower lists and account names from Instagram. Talking about the Ashes 2023, Cummins-led Australia lead 2-0 after winning the first two games by two wickets and 43 runs, respectively.

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