Published 21:54 IST, September 26th 2020
Yuvraj Singh hails Pat Cummins for his strong comeback after poor outing vs Mumbai
Commending Pat Cummins for his performance against Hyderabad, Ex-Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh heaped praise on the Australian for making a strong comeback
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Commending Pat Cummins for his performance against Hyderab on Saturday, veteran Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh heaped praise on Australian for making a strong comeback. Cummins h a forgettable outing in his debut IPL game against Mumbai as he leaked plenty runs. However, in very next game, Australian proved his worth as he picked up vital wicket of Jonny Bairstow and gave away only 19 runs off his 4 overs.
former Indian all-rounder also remarked that it is great learning for young fast bowlers that after getting hit in first game how quickly Cummins has corrected his lengths and created pressure on batsmen.
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Cummins was bought by Kolkata for a whopping price of Rs 15.5 crores, making him most expensive overseas player in IPL history. bowling all-rounder was criticized severely for his poor performance against Mumbai as he remained wicketless and gave away 49 runs.
Kolkata restrict Hyderab
Kolkata put on a completely dominating performance with ball as y restricted Hyderab for 142 off first 20 overs. While Cummins got rid of in-form Bairstow early in innings, skipper David Warner kept going and looked dangerous. Young spinner Varun Chakravarthy n baffled Hyderab skipper with a dream delivery. n Manish Pandey and Wriddhiman Saha continued to build innings for Orange Army. However, with boundaries drying up and innings end approaching Manish Pandey attempted to big and was eventually caught and bowled by Andre Russell. Pandey top-scored for Hyderab as he brought up his half-century before getting dismissed.
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21:54 IST, September 26th 2020