IPL 2022: Massive blow for KKR; Cummins ruled out of the competition
Cricket | May 13, 2022 18:53 ISTPat Cummins has been ruled out of the remainder of the IPL owing to a minor hip injury and has flown back home for recovery.
Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the remainder of the IPL owing to a minor hip injury and has flown back home for recovery.
Kolkata Knight Riders star Pat Cummins was thrilled after he tried pav bhaji at the suggestion of his Twitter followers. He was amazed that how he did not try the dish ever before even after being on trips to India for the last 11 years.
With this win KKR are now the new table toppers.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Pat Cummins on Wednesday smashed the joint-fastest fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) during the clash against Mumbai Indians. His destructive half-century helped KKR win against MI with 5 wickets. Undoubtedly, this led to a meme fair on Twitter as netizens celebrated with golden tweets. Take a look!
Regarded as one of the world's best in contemporary cricket, Cummins smashed a record-equalling fastest fifty to power Kolkata Knight Riders' to a comfortable five-wicket win over MI on Wednesday.
Pat Cummins blasted 56 off 15 balls, while Venkatesh Iyer remained not out on 50.
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It comes as a blow to the two-time winners who begin their campaign against defending champions Chennai Super Kings on the opening day of the tournament on March 26.
Pakistan openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique scored unbeaten centuries as Pakistan scored 252 without losing any wicket on the fifth and final day of the first Test match.
The likes of David Warner, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell will miss the white-ball series against Pakistan, but Cricket Australia will not release its contracted stars to join IPL immediately.
The Australian Test skipper also said that all the support staff and players gave feedback on Langer, and in the end, it is about Cummins standing tall with his players.
Cummins received flak for not backing the former coach in the lead-up to Langer's resignation.
Former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson labelled Cummins as 'gutless' and said the Test skipper has an agenda to bring his own coach
The 28-year-old Cummins was handed the captaincy on the eve of the Ashes series after Tim Paine stepped away from cricket when a sexting scandal became public.
Ever since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, the Australian cricketing culture has undergone a serious review for its win-at-all-cost approach in the past.
Cummins was denied victory for the first time since taking over as skipper at the start of the series, but only by the slenderest of margins.
Starc has done a turnaround from a below-average performance at the ICC T20 World Cup, and is now averaging more than 50 with the bat and less than 20 with the ball, which could earn him a batting order promotion at the SCG.
Cummins' statement came three days after Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley refrained from commenting on the issue of Langer's contract extension.
Cummins had gone out for a dinner with his friend Harry Conway, who plays for BBL franchise Adelaide Strikersk, at a restuarant in Adelaide ahead of the second Test when a patron at the nearby table was identified as a Covid positive case.
Cummins had been unavailable for the ongoing second Test after being deemed a close contact of a person who had tested positive for COVID-19, while Hazlewood was ruled out of the ongoing match with a side strain he sustained in the series opener at the Gabba.
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