India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed his “shock” over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)’s choice to nominate Pat Cummins as captain. SRH sacked South African batter Aiden Markram after only one season, regardless of him main their sister franchise, SunRisers Jap Cape (SEC), to back-to-back SA20 league titles. SRH roped in Cummins for a worth of INR 20.50 crore, earlier than saying that Australia’s World Cup-winning captain will lead the franchise in IPL 2024. Ashwin revealed that he did not noticed the transfer coming, particularly after what Markram achieved with SEC within the SA20 league.
“SunRisers have hit two titles again to again on the SA20. They’ve carried out it with two extraordinary groups. I used to be fairly shocked, really. They’ve made Pat Cummins the captain. I used to be having a small hunch that they might go together with Markram. Markram had a rare season for his franchise within the SA20. The cross-pollination would have been wonderful,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
Whereas admitting that Cummins “is a no brainer” so far as there abroad mixture is worried, Ashwin recommended that the franchise may “have an issue of a lot” within the management division.
“Pat Cummins is a no brainer. However with Cummins as a captain, they are going to have an issue of a lot within the workforce with so many stars. Holding Travis Head as backup, they might go for Markram, Pat Cummins, (Heinrich) Klaasen, and (Wanindu) Hasaranga. As a result of Hasaranga is an important side for them. In the event that they resolve Hasaranga isn’t wanted, in some venues they’ll play (Fazalhaq) Farooqi or Marco Jansen as an alternative of him. That is what I assumed as a result of it is smart,” he added.
Forward of IPL 2024, Cummins, who has by no means captained a workforce in T20 cricket, stated that SRH are trying ahead to an “aggressive” begin within the upcoming season.
“So, a little bit of planning to go after which simply wanna get off to a extremely good begin. T20s are exhausting. Kolkata’s a great workforce, however I believe simply wanna see a extremely aggressive, begin to the season,” Cummins stated.
Hyderabad will kick off their IPL 2024 voyage in opposition to the Kolkata-based franchise on Saturday on the iconic Eden Gardens.
He added that they’ve an “thrilling” younger expertise of their squad. The 30-year-old added that he’s “tremendous excited” to play with younger abilities.
“I believe we have an amazing combine. We have got a pair extra skilled guys like Bhuvi. Clearly Aiden Markram captain final yr. However we have some thrilling younger expertise. I am tremendous excited to see guys like Abhishek, Umran Malik, these type of guys I’ve solely seen a bit little bit of however tremendous excited, so I believe followers ought to be fairly pumped for the season forward,” he added.
(With ANI Inputs)
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