The Sunrisers Hyderabad face their next big test as they take on the Chennai Super Kings. One big factor Pat Cummins’ side will have to tackle is the intellect of the legend himself, MS Dhoni. But the SRH skipper has a very interesting approach to how he is going to deal with the legendary wicketkeeper-batter.
Speaking in a recent interview with Star Sports, Cummins had a simple answer on what his role is going to be as the skipper of SRH and how he would tackle someone like Dhoni. He responded by saying,” My main job as a captain is to get the best out of our guys so obviously looking at the opposition a little bit and seeing what they’re doing but I don’t think I’m going to try and outsmart someone like MSD”.
The Australian World Cup-winning captain has been widely appreciated for his leadership skills leading the Aussies to their sixth title, beating the hosts India at Ahmedabad. Since then he was bought by the Hyderabad-based franchise for a whopping price of INR 20.5 crores.
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Following the acquisition he was also appointed as the skipper of the franchise taking over the role from Aiden Markram.
The franchise might not have had the best start to the tournament but have surely set the tournament alight as the side had a fantastic first home game where they smashed a record-setting 277 runs against the Mumbai Indians which they went on to win.
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However, that game remains their only win in the three games played. As far as Cummins’ philosophy as a captain is concerned it is once again put forward in a very simple manner. The Aussie commented,” Try and play your best and bring the best out of the guys and hopefully, it works”.
The Australian remains passionate about playing in the franchise T20 tournament and looks intent on delivering for his new franchise. But the team will have a tough test as they take on a well-rounded CSK side which has almost all their bases covered.
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Cummins concluded by saying, “Look whatever team you are playing for, whether you are a captain or a player, there’s always a huge expectation. We know how passionate our fans are, it’s great. Nothing new, we are just going to try our best. T20 is a hard format, you have some amazing wins and you have some tough losses which I am sure we will have this season but we want to give it our best shot and go and win the IPL this year.”
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