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Pat Cummins named Sunrisers Hyderabad captain
Pat Cummins has been appointed captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2024, replacing Aiden Markram who had led the team in the 2023 season.
Cummins has not driven a side in that frame of mind previously - as a matter of fact, he has not driven a group in first class T20 cricket previously - yet his arrangement comes after a fruitful period as chief of Australia, during which he drove them to triumph On the planet Test Title and the 2023 ODI World Cup, with the two successes in the finals coming against India.
The move implies that SRH will have the adaptability of playing their new signings - Australian hitter Travis Head and Sri Lankan legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga - notwithstanding finisher Heinrich Klaasen rather than Markram to do as such, while Cummins openings in as the abroad quick bowler. Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi and South Africa's Marco Jansen are the other abroad quicks in the crew, while New Zealand's Glenn Phillips adjusts their program of eight abroad players.
Cummins had removed from IPL 2023 to zero in on worldwide cricket yet entered the sale for the 2024 season, where he turned into the main player in IPL history to get an offered of INR 20 crore (USD 2.4 million roughly). SRH's record bid of INR 20.50 crore (USD 2.47 million roughly) for Cummins was in no time broken by Kolkata Knight Riders, who bid INR 24.75 crores (USD 2.98 million around) for Mitchell Starc. Cummins, unintentionally, had been essential for the KKR crew from 2020 to 2022.
Cummins will be SRH's third commander in three seasons. Kane Williamson drove them to an eighth-place finish in 2022 preceding he was delivered in front of the 2023 season, in which SRH completed last under Markram's captaincy with just four dominates in 14 association matches. Markram scored just 248 runs at a strike pace of 129 in IPL 2023, and he stays in the SRH crew for the impending season. In the SA20, Cricket South Africa's T20 association, Markram had driven the Sunrisers Eastern Cape establishment to consecutive titles in 2022 and 2023.
Notwithstanding the most recent captaincy change, SRH had likewise named another lead trainer in front of the 2024 IPL season, with previous New Zealand left-arm spinner and commander Daniel Vettori taking over from Brian Lara, who had thusly traded Tom Grumpy as mentor for IPL 2023.
SRH additionally supplanted Dale Steyn with previous New Zealand allrounder James Franklin as their bowling trainer.
SRH start their IPL 2024 mission against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Nurseries on Walk 23, and afterward play Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad on Walk 27.