SRH Vs DC: Pat Cummins Creates Historical past, Turns into First Ever Captain In IPL To…
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins created historical past by changing into the primary ever captain to select three wickets within the first six overs of an Indian Premier League (IPL) innings on Monday (Could 5) on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium.
After profitable the toss and opting to bowl first, Cummins bowled with sheer penetration and eliminated three Delhi Capitals batters — Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, and Abhishek Porel — within the powerplay to script historical past.
Captains With 2-Plus Wickets In Overs 1-6 Of An IPL Innings
3/12 – Pat Cummins (SRH) vs DC, Hyderabad, 2025
2/10 – Axar Patel (DC) vs RCB, Delhi, 2025
2/13 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs KKR, Delhi, 2017
2/13 – Shaun Pollock (MI) vs KKR, Kolkata, 2008
2/14 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs RPS, Pune, 2017
2/18 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs KKR, Delhi, 2016
2/19 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs RPS, Pune, 2017
Cummins eliminated Karun Nair on the very first ball of the match with a great size ball across the off-stump. Thereafter, the SRH skipper dismissed Faf du Plessis within the subsequent over because the South Africa batter went for a pull on the cost solely to be caught by the wicket-keeper.
Abhishek Porel was the third wicket for the 31-year-old Cummins, who ran by means of the Delhi Capitals batting line-up.
After Cummins’ heroics (3 for 19), Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat then obtained into the act to take away Axar Patel and Okay L Rahul respectively. Thereafter, Tristian Stubbs (41 not out off 36) and affect participant Ashutosh Sharma (41 off 26) mixed to take DC to a good whole of 133/7 in 20 overs.
