Australia Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins has rubbished claims that his views on environmental points brought about Cricket Australia a lack of AUD 40 million in sponsorship with Alinta Energy. Every week earlier than Australia embark on the tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar collection, Cummins is once more courting an outdated controversy which started in October final yr when he refused to seem in any commercials for the sponsor. Reports in SMH had then mentioned that the tempo bowler had a gathering with Cricket Australia (CA) chief govt Nick Hockley expressing “concerns over the national side’s deal with Alinta Energy”.

Alinta Energy then determined it might not renew its sponsorship after June 2023 as a result of a “change in its brand strategy”, CA had mentioned in an announcement in October, 2022.

Cummins indicated on Tuesday the his place as captain made him susceptible to controversies.

“The nature of the position I am in, you get dragged into different things,” Cummins informed News Corp.

“It was one of those moments you have to live with — people you don’t know having opinions about you. My generation and people around that are passionate about different things. They are open-minded to things; some people can’t leave those values at the door,” added Cummins, who can be arriving in India subsequent week for the four-Test collection starting February 9 at Nagpur.

Earlier in October final yr, Cummins had mentioned there was no hurt in expressing ones ideas as one has to maintain a stability whereas making choices.

“It has always been a balance. We have seen certain players make decisions based on religions, or certain foods they eat, where they won’t partner with specific partners,” Cummins had mentioned.

“Every organisation has a responsibility to do what’s right for the sport and what they think is right for the organisation, and, I hope, society when it moves forward.

“It is a stability if you make choices about who you’re going to welcome into the cricket household,” he mentioned.

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