SRH captain Pat Cummins claims match-winning 3/43 versus RCB: Stats
What's the story
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins produced a match-winning spell in Match 30 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
In a game where over 500 runs were scored, Cummins bowled well to return with 3/43 in four overs.
He was the pick of the bowlers across both camps as RCB were restricted to 262/7 while chasing 288 in Bengaluru.
Cummins
A stunning spell from Cummins
Cummins opened his account in the game by dismissing his opposite number, Faf du Plessis, who made a fiery 62.
It was a slower bouncer that du Plessis tried to hook but edged to wicket-keeper Heinrich Klaasen.
In the same over, he trapped Saurav Chauhan (0) in front of the stumps.
Mahipal Lomror (19) was his final victim of the match.
Stats
Here are his IPL numbers
With this three-fer, Cummins has raced to 54 wickets across 48 IPL games at 28.62. His economy reads 8.45.
In the ongoing season, the SRH skipper now owns nine wickets across six games at a brilliant economy of 7.87.
Overall, in T20 cricket, the Australian has completed 154 wickets.
Summary
How did the game pan out?
Centurion Travis Head (102) was brilliant at the top.
Heinrich Klaasen (67) then took over the baton as SRH finished at 287/3, the highest-ever IPL total.
RCB also made a fine start as du Plessis added 80 runs with Virat Kohli (42) for the first wicket.
However, the team then suffered a collapse
Although Dinesh Karthik (83) fought valiantly, RCB were restricted to 262/7.