Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins was seen enjoying the highlights of MS Dhoni’s explosive batting during the press conference ahead of the IPL 2024 final against Kolkata Knight Riders. In a video that went viral on social media, Cummins was seen watching Dhoni batting on TV during the press conference which was attended by several journalists. Cummins will look to join an elite list of captains who have won the IPL title, with Dhoni topping the list with 5. The Australian cricket team star, who was picked for a massive Rs 20.5 million by SRH, led the team by example so far.
As a leader, Pat Cummins has tasted success at the highest level and is about to add another feather to his decorated cap by winning the IPL title, but the Australian captain knows that all good things come to an end.
The Australian has been in fine form since last year, leading Australia to the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup success.
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He will lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024 final against former champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday and will strive to win the team’s second title. “It would be great (to win the title), but the race will stop at some point,” he told reporters ahead of the IPL final.
“It’s been a great few years, but I haven’t captained any T20 cricket team before this series. So I’m not really sure what to expect. It’s quite a fast pace.”
Analyzing his team’s tournament performance this season, Cummins attributed the success to a mix of experience and youth.
“It’s been huge. We have a pretty experienced bowling line-up, including (Jaydev) Unadkat and Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar). Also, a lot of youngsters have come through and won games on their own, like Nitish (Reddy) and Abhishek (Sharma).
“We also have guys who have been away from the Indian set-up but they have been fantastic. So that’s been the story of our team,” he said.
SRH, who finished second in the points table, had lost to KKR in Qualifier 1.
After the Orange Army’s victory over Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2, assistant coach Simon Helmot admitted that Cummins took the help of statistics before coming into each game.
When asked about the same, the Australian admitted that despite having the statistics, you need to go by your intuition that day.
“All data analysis are tools to be used. It’s just another factor in the decision-making process”, he says. “We play a lot of T20 games, but the two games are not exactly the same. They are different wickets and opponents, and data can only take you so far.
“So I think you still need to support your instinct and intuition. The data doesn’t say it’s likely to succeed.
“We have a lot of experience on our team, like Daniel Vettori. So you have to balance the objective data you collect and what you feel out there.”
(With PTI inputs)
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