Now only a few days are left for the start of IPL 2024. Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash in the opening match of the tournament. Talking about Sunrisers Hyderabad, it will play its first match against Kolkata Knight Riders on 23 March.

This time Pat Cummins will be seen leading the team. In the mini auction, the franchise bet on the Australian player and bought him for Rs 20.50 crore. He is the second most expensive player in IPL history. This will be the first time that Pat Cummins will be seen captaining in the IPL.

Let us tell you that Cummins had withdrawn his name from IPL 2023 to focus on international cricket, but now he is excited about playing in the upcoming edition. Pat Cummins made his IPL debut in 2014 and was a part of the KKR team from 2020 to 2022.

Pat Cummins has not been that impressive during his IPL career. He has played 42 matches so far, in which he has 45 wickets in his name. Apart from this, he has scored 379 runs with the bat.

Excellent record as captain in international cricket

It is noteworthy that Cummins has an excellent record as a captain in international cricket. He has led the Australian team in 27 test matches. In which 16 have been won and 6 have been lost, while five matches have been drawn. His win percentage in red ball cricket is 59.25. In ODI, he has captained in 15 matches, in which he has won 12 matches and lost 3. The winning percentage during this period is 80.00.

It was under his captaincy that Australia retained the Ashes. Apart from this, won the title of 2023 ODI World Cup and World Test Championship. However, Pat Cummins has not captained the team in T20I, the shortest format of the game.

Talking about SRH team, it won the title in 2016 under the leadership of David Warner. However, after this the franchise has faced disappointment every season. Last season, under the captaincy of Aiden Markram, SRH won only four out of 14 league matches. He stood last in the points table.

Sunrisers Hyderabad team for IPL 2024

Pat Cummins (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Trevid Head, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sanveer Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Yanson, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Faruqui, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Markande, Anmolpreet Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jaydev Unadkat, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Singh, J Subramaniam.