India vs Pakistan World Cup Match Pitch To Be Used For Final. Pat Cummins' Act During Inspection Goes Viral

Inspecting the pitch before a match is routine but clicking pictures of the track, for possible dressing room discussion and strategy building, is a bit unusual. That's exactly what happened this morning when Australia skipper Pat Cummins came to have a look at the 22-yard-strip which will be used for the World Cup title clash between India and Australia on Sunday. Probably the pitch is playing on Australians' mind before the big match. Cummins was guarded in his response when asked about his assessment of the pitch, which has already been used for the marquee India-Pakistan match.

"Just had a look," Cummins replied when asked about the track.

So what do you make of it? He was probed further.

"I'm not a great pitch reader, but it looked pretty firm. They've only just watered it, so yeah, give it another 24 hours and have a look, but it looks like a pretty good wicket. I think Pakistan played someone there," he said without taking India's name.

While Australian team had an afternoon training session, Cummins was at the Narendra Modi Stadium just after half past 9.

Captain Pat Cummins inspects the pitch ahead of the final #CWC23 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/fUNpHgJXtd

He went up to the square and then started clicking pictures to possibly check and compare how much the track's look will change from Saturday morning to afternoon and subsequently on the match-day afternoon. In fact, before the Australian training session started, Steve Smith, Travis Head, head coach Andrew McDonald also wanted to have a close look. Head, a good off-spinner in conducive conditions tried to gauge the hardness of the surface.

Pat Cummins taking some pics of the pitch to make sure that they don't change the pitch at the last moment #CWC2023