IPL 2024 : The Sunrisers Hyderabad has officially announced Pat Cummins as their new skipper ahead of the IPL 2024 season.
Cummins, who led Australia to the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup 2023, will be taking over from Aiden Markram at SRH.
In the IPL 2024 auction back in December 2023, SRH got their business underway with the signing of Australia's World Cup final star Travis Head. However, their record signing was made when the 2016 champions outbid Royal Challengers Bangalore to sign Australia captain Pat Cummins.
Pat Cummins was bought for a whopping Rs 20.5 crore in the auction last year, making him the second costliest player in the history of the competition.
SRH took to social media to announce the news as they posted a picture of Cummins along with the caption - "#OrangeArmy! Our new skipper Pat Cummins".
AIDEN MARKRAM’S TENURE COMES TO AN END:
In 2023 IPL Aiden Markram was lead Sunrisers Hyderabad who is also the captain of back to back 'SAT20'.Cummins’ appointment marks an end to the tenure of Aiden Markram, who led the team in IPL 2023. Albeit the South African batter did not have the best of seasons last year, scoring only 248 runs at an average of 22.54, Markram led Sunrisers Eastern Cape to two consecutive SA20 titles – a reason why the decision comes as a surprise to some.
Cummins had played 42 matches in the IPL, representing two franchises – Kolkata Knight Riders and the erstwhile Delhi Daredevils. In those matches, he has picked up 45 wickets at an average of 30.16 and an economy rate of 8.54 runs per over, besides also scoring 379 runs, which includes an astonishing 15-ball 56 against Mumbai Indians.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
IPL 2024: Pat Cummins appointed Sunrisers Hyderabad captain for upcoming season
The Sunrisers Hyderabad have officially announced Pat Cummins as their new captain ahead of the IPL 2024 season. Cummins replaces Aiden Markram as the skipper of the franchise.
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