Pat Cummins’s gesture in the direction of Usman Khawaja after Ashes victory wins hearts: ‘Just made positive he obtained up there’

Australia captain Pat Cummins has been lauded for his management qualities after a video of him asking his workforce mates to cease spraying champagne to permit batsman Usman Khawaja participate within the celebrations of the workforce successful the Ashes went viral.

Khawaja, the primary Muslim cricketer for Australia and who made a triumphant comeback to Test cricket by scoring two centuries within the fourth match, stepped apart to keep away from being sprayed with alcohol in step with his non secular beliefs when the workforce was celebrating their Ashes win on the dais in Hobart.Cummins shortly seen and requested his workforce mates to place apart the bottles and gestured for Khawaja to rejoin them on the dais.This could be a small gesture however that is what makes Pat Cummins nice. He realised Khawaja needed to dip due to the booze and rectifies it. pic.twitter.com/GNVsPGJhfK— Fux League (@buttsey888) January 16, 2022
Khawaja, who performed the final two matches of the five-Test sequence, returned to the stage and kneeled beside Cummins because the victorious facet let loose a roar posing for the cameras.”Usman is obviously Muslim, so he doesn’t like the champagne being thrown,” Cummins, who additionally completed as the very best wicket-taker within the sequence victory over England, informed reporters.”I just made sure he got up there and no champagne was thrown.”Cummins’ “classy” gesture went viral on social media and was praised by followers as wells as former England cricketer Isa Guha.”Good leader always looks after the team as a whole and respects everyone equally and @patcummins30 has shown to be that leader,” former Pakistan quick bowler Umar Gul mentioned on Twitter.One Twitter person mentioned Cummins, in his first sequence as captain, was a “fantastic role model”.”Take a bow, Captain Cummins. Inclusive, respectful, decent and humble leadership,” the person wrote.Playing his first Test in 2-1/2 years, Khawaja smashed 100 in every innings of the fourth match in Sydney batting within the center order.Opening the innings in Hobart, the left-hander scored six and 11 however nonetheless completed because the fifth highest scorer within the five-match sequence.