The SunriseÂrs Hyderabad squad plays in the Indian PremieÂr League cricket tournameÂnt. Pat Cummins is the captain of this team. On WeÂdnesday (May 8), Pat Cummins turned 31 years old. Pat Cummins is an all-roundeÂr from Australia. Pat Cummins was thankful to his teammates and fans for their birthday wisheÂs. But Pat Cummins also joked about “getting a lot of cake on my faceÂ.”
The SunriseÂrs team is facing the Lucknow Super Giants teÂam at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium today. During the coin toss, the captain Cummins spoke these words:
“Thank You (for the birthday wishes). Yeah, my body feels a bit older than 31 but unfortunately, my birthday is during IPL. So, I get a lot of cake on my face.”
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins is a top cricket captain nowadays. The player from Sydney, Australia led his teÂam to win two big tournaments recently – the 2023 World Test Championship and the 2023 ODI World Cup. Last year, he helped Australia keeÂp the famous Ashes trophy. Now, he wants to win the IPL for his team Sunrisers Hyderabad, who haveÂn’t won since 2016.
Cummins has beeÂn a part of IPL cricket since 2014. He misseÂd the seasons in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2023. Cummins has taken 58 wickeÂts in 54 matches. This includes 13 wickets in 12 gameÂs this season so far. The Australian player can also bat weÂll in the lower order.
Pat Cummins and Co. make two changes for SRH vs LSG IPL 2024 encounter
SRH, captained by Pat Cummins, made two changes against LSG after losing by seven wickets to the Mumbai Indians in their previous IPL encounter. Cummins was frustrated after losing the coin toss, but remained confident in his team’s ability to produce. He said:
“We would have batted as well. But we have won both ways here and hence not too upset. Hard to know (a good score) as it has been pretty high scoring. It is pretty tough (to qualify for the playoffs) and you have to keep winning till the end, we have not nailed it in the last couple of games and it is time to change that.”
Pat Cummins
Cummins added:
“We have a couple of changes – Sanvir comes in for Agarwal and Viyaskanth makes his debut and replaces Marco.”
Pat Cummins
Meanwhile, LSG made a few adjustments after losing to the Kolkata Knight Riders by 98 runs. Quinton de Kock and Krishnappa Gowtham replaced Ashton Turner and Mohsin Khan, who were injured.
So far, the two clubs have won six out of eleven games. They are fourth and sixth in the points rankings, according to net run rate.