India cricket legend Madan Lal discusses why Australia were crowned ICC World Cup champions.
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00:00 You can never ever take Australia easily.
00:06 Because when Australia came to the final, everybody knew in India, they're going to
00:10 be a tough match.
00:12 I think if you look at it, their performance in the World Cup, you're always going to rank
00:23 them in the very, very high, number one team.
00:26 They know how to do it.
00:27 Because Australia has a sporting culture.
00:30 They never give up.
00:32 They're always trying something.
00:34 And the other thing which I like about them is they enjoy the game.
00:38 You cannot win nine games after losing a couple of games, and you win at a trot nine games.
00:43 This team only can, this type of Australian team can do it.
00:47 That inning was one of the best innings I've seen in the World Cup.
00:55 I watched a lot of World Cup.
00:57 I played two World Cup.
00:59 But you know, any inning, under pressure, when you score 137 and your team wins, it's
01:05 always going to be very high in my mind.
01:08 That's what it is.
01:09 He didn't panic.
01:10 Normally, he's a player who hits the ball, he hits every ball.
01:15 But he altered his game according to the situation of the game, according to the scoreboard.
01:21 So he played as a champion, you can say, the champion player.
01:28 When Ricky Ponting was captain, that team was very, very good.
01:36 But this team is also, see, the captain is only good when the team is good and you produce
01:42 the result.
01:43 Look, they won the World Cup, that championship, now they won the World Cup.
01:49 That's where you have to appreciate this team.
01:53 You know, it's very difficult to go in the past and compare the present team.
01:59 But they produce the result.
02:00 That's what matters.
02:01 I think all the credit must go to Pat Cummins because of his leadership quality.
02:11 He's a wonderful person also because if you look at when he's playing the game,
02:21 never ever I've seen him getting angry or getting upset with someone or somebody.
02:30 So that is the calmness he's there with him.
02:33 So that's why I think I rate him because you have to control the situation.
02:38 That is very, very important for the leader.
02:41 And the leader is Pat Cummins.
02:45 He has respect for the player and the player has respect for him.