Pat Cummins’ career-best T20 innings earns him spot in elite listing of hitters in IPL

Pat Cummins performed his best-ever T20 innings in a shedding reason as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fell 18 runs in need of the objective towards Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) on a batting paradise of a wicket at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Cummins registered his non-public ideal rating of 66 runs from 34 deliveries together with 4 fours and 6 sixes. Cummins remained unbeaten and lacked toughen from the opposite finish as KKR bundled out for 202 with 5 balls nonetheless left within the innings.

En direction his unbeaten 66, Cummins smashed 30 runs off Sam Curran’s over coming into a unprecedented listing of batsmen in IPL who’ve scored 30 or extra runs in an over. Chris Gayle is at the listing with 36 runs, Suresh Raina with 32 runs while Virender Sehwag, Shaun Marsh, Rahul Tewatia and Cummins have scored 30 runs in an over. Gayle seems two times at the listing with some other 30-run over.

The Australian all-rounder hit 4 sixes from Curran’s over together with 3 in a row. This may be the second one time Cummins has hit a bowler for 4 sixes in an over in IPL. In IPL 2020, he hit Jasprit Bumrah for 4 sixes in an over as smartly. Cummins become the 3rd batsman to hit 4 sixes in an over two times or extra in IPL. Handiest Gayle has finished it seven occasions in IPL while Hardik Pandya has finished it two occasions.

Cummins may just no longer take the sport until the ultimate ball as Varun Chakravarthy and Prasidh Krishna were given run out seeking to take a few runs. Whilst Krishna’s probabilities had been much less to make it again to his finish Chakravarthy failed to answer Cummins’ name and began past due for the second one run.

So close to but thus far. That used to be a fantastic innings from Pat Cummins. Can have been the best ever IPL chase. However to get from 31 for five to 202, @KKRiders may also be very proud. Congratulations to @ChennaiIPL at the win. They’re on a roll. #CSKvsKKR pic.twitter.com/miAqq1Fwb6

— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 21, 2021

Cummins to the previous few KKR batsman #CSKvsKKR pic.twitter.com/5puR9zJs7w

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 21, 2021

Previous Cummins had an strange day with the ball as he gave 58 runs from 4 overs. The present No.1 Take a look at bowler bowled a complete of 7 wides in his spell.