After a terrible debut bowling display against Mumbai Indians (MI), Pat Cummins was determined to make a strong comeback and he did so during the second match of Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Cummins, who conceded 49 runs from his three overs against MI, provided KKR with a crucial breakthrough with the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow. The Australian speedster kept bowling full and swang the ball at a good pace which ultimately helped him get the breakthrough.
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Pat Cummins’ back of the length delivery was completely misjudged by Bairstow as he went for a wild swing at it. However, the opener misread the flight of the ball and Cummins ended up knocking out Jonny’s stumps as SRH lost a key early wicket inside the powerplay.
Here is the dismissal:
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Earlier, Warner won the toss and opted to bat first but his side got off to a very slow start. David, who had already lost his opening partner Jonny Bairstow (5) to Pat Cummins’ in the 4th over on a darting delivery, took the responsibility upon himself to go big. The Australian opener did manage to find some impetus along with Manish Pandey playing the supporting role on the other side.
SRH never managed to recover from that position of being down to 59/2 in 9 overs. However, Manish Pandey (51 off 38 balls) and Wriddhiman Saha (30 of 31 balls) made a decent partnership of 62 runs for the third wicket but it wasn’t enough for SRH to reach the decent total. Pandey got out in the 18th over followed by the dismissal of Saha in the final over. Eventually, they only managed to reach a total of 142/4 in their quota of 20 overs.
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Earlier, SRH had made three changes to their squad as Mitchell Marsh, Vijay Shankar, and Sandeep Sharma made way for Mohammad Nabi and Saha. On the other hand, KKR also made a couple of changes as Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti came in as replacements of Sandeep Warrier and Nikhil Naik.
Here is how Twitterati reacted to Cummins’ comeback:
Great come back by @patcummins30 ! I think great learning for young fast bowlers after getting hit in first game how quickly he has corrected his lengths and created pressure on srh batsman ! Hallmark of a quality bowler
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) September 26, 2020
Excellent cricket by KKR. Great performances for them by
Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy and Wriddhiman Saha. #KKRvSRH— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 26, 2020
#KKR already different in their approach. Like the idea of Cummins taking the new ball. Looni forward to seeing Nagarkotti and Chakravarty
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 26, 2020
Donda academy to Pat Cummins today pic.twitter.com/Yej84p76s1
— WTF PRANAV (@Khandu_Khapkya) September 26, 2020
