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Hyderabad, March 4: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) declared Pat Cummins, the prominent Australian fast bowler, as their new captain for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season during an announcement made on Monday.
Cummins takes over as the team’s captain from South African batsman Aiden Markram. Cummins led the Australians to victory in both the ICC World Test Championship and the ICC Cricket World Cup last year.
Cummins became the second-most expensive player in history when he was acquired by SRH for Rs 20.5 crores at the IPL auctions last year.
SRH made the announcement via X (formerly Twitter).
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“#OrangeArmy! Our new skipper Pat Cummins #IPL2024,” SRH posted on X.
#OrangeArmy! Our new skipper Pat Cummins 🧡#IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/ODNY9pdlEf
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 4, 2024
Cummins has captained Australia in 15 ODIs, with an impressive record of 12 wins and only three losses. Additionally, he has led the team in 27 Test matches, winning 16, drawing five, and losing six.
The 2024 edition of the IPL is slated to commence on March 22, with SRH, the one-time champions, beginning their campaign on March 23 against Kolkata Knight Riders, the two-time champions, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) squad for IPL 2024
Pat Cummins (C), Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Upendra Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy.
