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Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain: IPL 2024 is starting from 22nd March. In IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad team will play its first match against Kolkata Knight Riders. The schedule of the first phase of IPL 2024 has already been announced, in which the teams will play till April 7. The remaining schedule will be announced after the announcement of general election dates. But now even before IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has changed its captain.
This player got the responsibility
Sunrisers Hyderabad team has appointed Pat Cummins as the new captain. Sunrisers Hyderabad has announced the new captain on the social media platform X. Last season, Hyderabad was captained by Aiden Markram. The team could not perform well under his captaincy and could not even qualify for the playoffs. The team had won only four out of 14 matches and the Hyderabad team was at the last position in the points table.
Hyderabad paid huge amount
Sunrisers Hyderabad had bought it in the IPL 2024 auction by paying a huge amount. The Hyderabad team had paid Rs 20.50 crore to buy him. Pat Cummins is known for his excellent bowling. Apart from this, he can also bat fast in the lower order. Cummins has previously played for Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.
Have taken so many wickets in IPL
Pat Cummins played in IPL for the first time in 2014. In IPL, Cummins has taken 45 wickets in a total of 42 matches and scored 379 runs. He can change the course of the match in just a few balls. Cummins is the captain of Australia’s Test and ODI team. It was under his captaincy that Australia won the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup 2023 title. He has experience, which can be useful to the Hyderabad team.
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