Pat Cummins’ Australia team took the field against the Netherlands for their World Cup 2023 encounter in Delhi wearing black armbands.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi hosted Australia and the Netherlands on Wednesday for an important encounter for both teams. Australian players and staff members were seen wearing black armbands when playing against the Netherlands. Here’s the reason for that.
Why are Australia players wearing black armbands vs Netherlands?
Australia players are wearing black armbands against Netherlands in respect of leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, whose four-month-old son passed away yesterday due to illness.
Cricket Australia tweeted on Wednesday: “The thoughts of the Australian Cricket community are with former Australian spinner Fawad Ahmed after the passing of his young son.
Our condolences are with Fawad, his family and friends in this terribly difficult time.”
A couple of days ago, Fawad Ahmed, who played 5 internationals for Australia in 2013, shared this sad news of his 4-month-old sad passing away.
He tweeted: “we meet again my little angel 💔,
Unfortunately after a long struggle my little man has lost the painful & tough fight, I believe you are in a better place,we will miss you so much💔,
I hope no one ever goes through this pain,
Request for Prayers”
Speaking with Cricket.com.au last month, Fawad Ahmed had revealed that his new-born son was battling an illness.
“It’s a tough time, to be honest. We don’t know what’s going to happen. Neither do the doctors. It’s pretty bad. You want to know. This is something that is aching the heart,” he had said.
“The boy was born in June and stayed at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital as doctors tried to diagnose why he was unwell. It’s something that’s so unexpected,” Ahmed said.
“You’re excited, you’re happy about the birth of your child, and then suddenly you go to some dark places, and you don’t know what’s going to happen.”
Coming to the AUS vs NED match, Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first.
Teams:
Netherlands (Playing XI): Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa
