Sunrisers Hyderabad announce new skipper ahead of IPL 2024
Pat Cummins (Source: X)
Amidst all the speculation, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have announced the team captain for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) edition. SRH have announced their new captain on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) and it is none other than World Cup-winning captain of Australia, Pat Cummins. Last season the team was led by South African all-rounder Aiden Markram.
During the mini-auction held in December last year, SRH had made a long bid for Pat Cummins. Hyderabad had included Cummins in their team by paying an amount of Rs 20 crore 50 lakh and now he has given a big responsibility by making him the captain. It is noteworthy that Aiden Markram’s performance was good last year but the team did not do well under his captaincy. Hyderabad did not even make it to the playoffs.
Pat Cummins has played 42 matches in IPL so far
Cummins took 45 wickets at an average of 30.16. His best bowling figure in IPL was 4/34. Pat Cummins is also a very good finisher. He also scored 379 runs as a finisher. Pat Cummins is the golden boy for Australian cricket right now. He had great achievements in recent times. He is known for his great captaincy in every format for Australia. Australia have won their ODI World Cup in 2023 against India. He has also won the World Test Championship Last year. Under his captaincy, Australia has retained the Ashes.
Players like Cummins have been given cup responsibility in his place. It remains to be seen how Cummins will take this challenge. IPL is to start from March 22. Sunrisers Hyderabad will play their first match against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 23 at The Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad ahead of IPL 2024:
Aiden Markram Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Johnson, Washington Sundar, Ranveer Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazaq Farooqui, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Jaydev Unadkat, Wanindu Hasaranga, Thavedh Subramaniam, Akash Singh.
Here is the tweet:
Pat Cummins takes charge as captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024!
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