Full Name

Patrick James Cummins

Born

May 08, 1993, Westmead, Sydney

Age

30y 325d

Nicknames

Cummo

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

1.92 m

Pat Cummins IPL factfile

- For one season, Pat Cummins held the record for the fastest fifty in IPL - jointly with KL Rahul - after he got to the mark in 14 balls when playing for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) against Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2022. Cummins' record was broken by Rajasthan Royals' (RR) Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2023 by one ball.

- For a little under two hours, Cummins was the most expensive player procured at an IPL auction when he was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 20.50 crore (US$2.47 million approx.) in the auction held a month after he had led Australia to the 2023 ODI World Cup title.

- At the same auction, compatriot Mitchell Starc shattered the record when he attracted a winning bid of INR 24.75 crore (US$2.98 million approx.) from Cummins' former team, KKR.

- Cummins went on to become the second Australian to lead SRH - after David Warner - despite never having captained any side in a senior T20 competition before.

- He was the third Australian captain of an IPL team from Hyderabad. Both Adam Gilchrist, who led Deccan Chargers, and Warner delivered IPL titles before Cummins.

Pat Cummins player profile

Earmarked as a potential star from a young age, Pat Cummins made his Test debut as an 18-year-old but had to wait six years for his next appearance as injuries struck a body that could not withstand the workload. The bowler who emerged in 2017 was a thoroughbred quick who became one of the standout players in the world and, in late 2021, Australia's Test captain in dramatic circumstances.

Cummins burst onto the scene with a sensational Test debut, taking a match total of seven wickets to set up a thrilling two-wicket win to square the series against South Africa at the Wanderers. He had made his debut for New South Wales during the 2010-11 season and was particularly impressive in his maiden Big Bash season. Touted to be a future leader of Australia's pace attack, he was offered a central contract for 2011-12, becoming the youngest player to be contracted since the current system was introduced in 1998.

Then came the injuries. He suffered repeated stress fractures in his lower back and did not play another Test for six years, until the 2017 tour of India. But all the pain and rehab of those intervening years appeared to have been worthwhile as his body toughened up to the rigours of international cricket.

In the wake of Australia's ball-tampering scandal he became arguably the nation's shining light in a cricketing sense. He was absent through the various 2018 winter tours immediately after the controversy due to a back injury but was monumental in the losing home series against India and was subsequently rewarded with the Test vice-captaincy against Sri Lanka. He became the No. 1 ranked Test bowler in the world and claimed Australia's coveted Allan Border Medal as the 2018-19 men's cricketer of the year. He was immense during the 2019 Ashes in England and through another home series defeat against India in 2020-21, typified by a relentlessness with ball in hand and tremendous stamina.

Having been identified as a future captain, his rise to the position came earlier than expected when Tim Paine resigned shortly before the 2021-22 Ashes. However, in a mark of the cricketer and leader Cummins had become it was, given the circumstances, almost a seamless transition. A few months later he had retained the Ashes and secured victory in Pakistan on Australia's first tour of the country in 24 years.
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Pat Cummins Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests621151261460632696/2310/6222.532.8846.816122
ODIs8888458340421415/705/7028.665.2932.5610
T20Is525211401412573/153/1524.777.4320.0000
FC761401521673173156/2310/6223.222.8848.319122
List A113113586551081805/705/7028.375.2232.5810
T20s132132295839441484/164/1626.648.0019.9300

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests628913129564*17.03290444.590312729310
ODIs8857214923713.6665575.11003911240
T20Is5224111442811.07116124.1300116150
FC7610621162982*19.16347946.820617031360
List A11372257034914.9589178.90005417350
T20s132743272166*17.16524137.59034641330
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Recent Matches of Pat Cummins

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
SRH vs MI--2/3527-Mar-2024HyderabadT20
SRH vs KKR0*1/3223-Mar-2024Eden GardensT20
Australia vs New Zealand23 & 32*1/35 & 4/6208-Mar-2024ChristchurchTest # 2535
Australia vs New Zealand16 & 81/33 & 0/4029-Feb-2024WellingtonTest # 2533
Australia vs New Zealand281/1923-Feb-2024AucklandT20I # 2483

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Photos of Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins was a happy captain after winning the first game at home in this IPL
Pat Cummins lost the toss and was asked to bat first by Hardik Pandya
Mayank Markande gets a pat on the back from his captain Pat Cummins after accounting for Nitish Rana
Pat Cummins took a fine catch to send Shreyas Iyer back for a duck
Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, the two most expensive buys ever at IPL auctions, strike a pose
The IPL captains strike a pose in Chennai on the eve of the 2024 season opener