Pat Cummins at the post-match presentation ceremony after the loss against RCB© BCCI/Sportzpix
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins backed his high-risk, high-reward approach after falling behind by 35 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024. When Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma arrived at the crease to open the innings for SRH. , fans are expecting fireworks from the bat of the left-handed pair. However, this time RCB took an early lead by removing both within the powerplay to limit the damage. The middle-order succumbed to the pressure, allowing the RCB bowlers to dictate the flow of the game. (IPL 2024 points table)
After the loss, Cummins backed the approach that his team has adopted this season as he believes that SRH’s strength lies in its attacking style of cricket.
“It’s not an ideal night. The ball wasn’t very good and unfortunately a few wickets fell during our innings. I think that’s our strong suit (aggressive style of cricket). It won’t work in every game. This has happened in one or two matches, Cummins said after the game, ‘We did not go our way in the beginning, yet we managed to get a good score, still it seems that this is the way forward for our boys. is the way.’
“The boys are performing really well, it’s T20 cricket, you can’t win every game. Don’t pay too much attention to it. I speak after a win, Dan (Vettori) speaks after a loss,” Cummins said. “
One of the major factors that has contributed to SRH’s success this season has been batting first and scoring record-breaking scores.
He has broken the record for the highest score in IPL twice this season. But this time the coin fell in favor of RCB captain Faf du Plessis and he asked SRH to bowl which was not Cummins’ first choice.
“We were the ones to bat first, it seems to be working for us. Before the last few wins, we were thinking we were the team to bowl first. We didn’t get our way,” Cummins said. “
After falling short against RCB, SRH will return to action against Chennai Super Kings in Chepauk on Sunday.
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