In a startling analogy, Tom Moody was impressed by the SRH captain's "odd decision" and said that Pat Cummins was similar to MS Dhoni.
BY SIRAJ April -06-2024
While Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in their Indian Premier League 2024 match on Friday, Pat Cummins once again demonstrated his captaincy talents to their maximum capacity. Aiden Markram’s half-century, which he achieved by hitting 50 off of 36 balls, was the driving force behind SRH’s achievement of 166/4 in 18.1 overs while they were attempting to chase 166. For his part, Abhishek Sharma, who is 23 years old and opened the innings alongside Travis Head, scored 37 runs off just 12 deliveries.
It was Cummins’ decision to deploy Abhishek for the opening over rather than Bhuvneshwar Kumar that brought everyone’s attention to him during the first innings of the Indian cricket match. Shivam Dube hit 45 runs off of 24 balls, which contributed to CSK’s score of 165/5 after 20 overs. At the same time, Bhuvneshwar, T Natarajan, Cummins, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Jaydev Unadkat each grabbed a wicket for the SRH bowlers, demonstrating the collaborative team effort that they put forth.
In an interview with ESPNCricinfo, Tom Moody showered praise on Cummins and compared his captaincy abilities to those of MS Dhoni. There is one thing about Cummins that I admire, and that is that he reminds me of MS Dhoni. You are left wondering, “Why didn’t I think about that?” because he is willing to make a choice that the majority of people don’t give any thought to being a possibility. Have a preference for the Abhishek Sharma. “Taking into consideration the various other choices that they could have made, it was a decision that was quite peculiar,” he observed.
It is arguable that Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the best new ball bowler in the history of the Indian Premier League. Against left-handed batters, you have an off-spinner at your disposal. Perhaps you believe that Markram is another one of them. In addition to that, there were a lot of other options available to him. “However, he made a commitment to that, and it appeared that he had already convinced himself that it was the appropriate choice from the very beginning,” he went on to say.
The victory allowed SRH to move up to fifth place in the points table, where they currently sit with four points after four matches. CSK, on the other hand, continues to hold the third spot with four points overall and a higher net run rate.
During this time, Cummins made the following statement after the match: “The first thing is always to get the points.” At the top of the bowling order, I would not want to be bowling to him (Abhishek) and Trav Head. There was a tremendous crowd tonight. On the moment that MS stepped out, the volume was the loudest I’ve ever heard.
