Mumbai Indians are now joined by Sunrisers Hyderabad,the two franchises that will be led by two new captains in the upcoming IPL season. Mumbai has made Hardik Pandya their new skipper, and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be led by Pat Cummins in the upcoming IPL season.
Pat Cummins was brought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL auction for a whopping Rs 20.50 crore, making him the second-costliest buy at the IPL auction. Cummins has replaced Aiden Markram as the new captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Taking about the same team, India’s former T-20 World Cup-winning all-rounder, Irfan Pathan, raised questions about Sunrisers Hyderabad’s strategy ahead of the upcoming IPL season.
Irfan Pathan said, “When you talk about leadership, you wouldn’t want to think beyond Cummins, ideally. Australia just won the World Cup under him; he’s performed really well in the last one and a half years. But the problem is that Cummins will look nice overall. However, when it comes to T20 leadership, there’s nothing. His performance isn’t the greatest in T20 cricket, and his IPL numbers aren’t decent either.”
Irfan Pathan further added, “So there will be a challenge. What is SRH thinking? They’ve made a big move here. If Cummins is made captain, what about Markram? You gave him captaincy just for one year, so wouldn’t you want to back him? That is a big question.”
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Pathan also said that Sunrisers Hyderabad might have to think about their playing 11 because there are too many overseas players in their squad. He also said that it would be interesting to see how Pat Cummins will perform as a bowler in the upcoming IPL season.
