IPL 2024: There is very little time left for the start of the 17th season of IPL. It is noteworthy that this time the tournament will start from March 22 with the match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. On the other hand, before the start of this season, the 2016 champion Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise has made a major change in the leadership of its team.

Let us tell you that the management has handed over the command of the team to World Cup 2023 champion captain Pat Cummins in place of Aiden Markram, who commanded the team last season. So after Cummins became the new captain of Hyderabad, fans are seen continuously reacting through social media.

#OrangeArmy, Our new skipper Pat Cummins 🧡#IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/ODNY9pdlEf

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 4, 2024

Cummins was the second most expensive player sold in IPL.

It is noteworthy that when the auction for IPL 2024 was held in Dubai last year, Pat Cummins became the second most expensive player sold in the auction in IPL history. Hyderabad had added Cummins to their team by paying a record Rs 20.5 crore. This was also Hyderabad’s biggest purchase till date in the IPL auction.

On the other hand, if we give you information about Pat Cummins’s performance in IPL, he has played a total of 42 matches till the time of writing the news. In these matches, Cummins has taken a total of 45 wickets with an economy of 8.54. He has also scored 379 runs in batting.

Apart from this, while playing for KKR in the year 2022 season, Cummins played a quick half-century in just 14 balls against Mumbai Indians. Besides, this innings of Cummins was also the third fastest half-century scored in IPL history.

Well, it will be worth watching how Sunrisers Hyderabad is going to perform under the captaincy of Pat Cummins in the upcoming IPL season.