'Leader' Cummins praised for incredible gesture during Ashes trophy celebration

Australia's Test captain Pat Cummins has received immense praise as he won the hearts of many fans across the globe with a brilliant gesture for batter Usman Khawaja during the Ashes trophy celebration.

Australia outclassed England 4-0 under the captaincy of fast bowler Cummins thus successfully retaining the Ashes. 

Spraying champagne all around the place is quite common during the trophy celebrations and the Australian cricket team were no different.

But the moment which caught everyone's attention was Cummins can be seen calling back Khawaja to join the trophy celebrations and stopping his teammates to keep the champagne bottles away. Besides his on-field captaincy during the Ashes, the 28-year-old was praised for his incredible off-field gesture too.

"Usman is obviously Muslim, so he doesn't like champagne being thrown. I just made sure he got up there and no champagne was thrown," Cummins told reporters after the match.

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Pakistan-born Khawaja is the first-ever Muslim to represent the Australian men's team. He made a stunning comeback in the fourth Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) where he scored centuries in both innings.
 



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