Pat Cummins in sad admission after brutal fallout with Travis Head in IPL
Pat Cummins has taken the blame after his side's latest defeat in the Indian Premier League that leaves them on the verge of elimination from the T20 competition. The Aussie Test captain and compatriot Travis Head were unable to stop the Gujarat Titans from wrapping up a comprehensive 38-run win that leaves their playoff hopes with the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) all but over.
In a staggering admission after a match played in front of 90,000 at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, Cummins said his bowling and fielding was not up to scratch after winning the toss and sending Gujarat in to bat. Cummins was belted for 40 off his four overs and put down a difficult catch in the outfield as Shubman Gill (76) and Jos Buttler (64) powered the Titans to an imposing 6-224. The Sunrisers could only manage 6-186 in reply to leave their season on life support.
The loss meant Cummins' men have only won three of their 10 matches and will now have to rely on other results to go their way in order to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. The Aussie skipper said it was "unfortunate" that Sunrisers' fate was out of their hands and tried to put on a brave face about their prospects after the match. But the fast bowler scolded himself when asked what went wrong after the game.
"Our powerplay with the ball wasn't too great, and I'm probably as guilty as anyone there," Cummins said after going for 10-runs an over and taking just the one wicket. "(I) probably let them get 20 or 30 extra just with some bad balls.
"And maybe we should have hung on to one or two catches throughout the middle - again, I'm guilty there," he added, referring to a difficult catch to remove Buttler. The Englishman was on 22 at the time and skied a ball to cover off the bowling of Harshal Patel but Cummins was unable to take the chance.
England's former white-ball captain went on to thrash 64 off 37 deliveries, before Cummins finally got Buttler out mis-hitting to long-on for his one wicket of the match. But with Titans captain Gill also in brutal form with the bat and Sai Sudharsan kicking off the innings with 48 off 23, the reprieve helped Gujarat set up a match-winning total. "Chasing 200 would have looked a bit more realistic," Cummins lamented afterwards.
Cummins' Aussie teammate Head was going along nicely in SRH's chase and as long as he remained at the crease, the Sunrisers' hopes of hauling in the victory target were alive. But after racing to 20 off 16 balls, Head was caught in the deep after an incredible piece of fielding from Rashid Khan.
The Afghan spin sensation had to cover serious ground to get to Head's attempted six before diving at full stretch near the boundary rope to take a superb two-handed catch. Head's look of disbelief showed just how good the piece of of fielding from Khan was and despite a 74 from the Aussie's opening partner Abhishek Sharma, the SRH chase never really got going.
Sharma tried his best but with but with batting partners falling around him, the game was all but over when Cummins finished up with a six and a four in his 10-ball cameo of 19. With Hyderabad's chances now on life support, Cummins was still trying to remain positive. "It was obviously a big auction last year, so the core of this group's going to be together for three years, hopefully, so there's still lots to play for," he said.
#SRH lose Travis Head inside the powerplay ☝️Swipe to see the brilliance of Rashid Khan 🤩Updates ▶ https://t.co/u5fH4jQrSI#TATAIPL | #GTvSRH | @rashidkhan_19 pic.twitter.com/1DKtiha4oy
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 2, 2025
Good to hear that from Pat atleast he is accepting his mistakes from today's game & move on.Nevertheless instead of rejuvenating in Maldives they should have put some efforts in practice would have yeilded them different results.Hard luck to SRH last year finalists knocked out.
— Nikhil (@Nikhil63870659) May 2, 2025
when SRH played their first, everyone believed they would be in the playoffs but they couldn't manage to be in top 6
— Kiran Vaniya (@kiranvaniya) May 2, 2025
Pat Cummins Taking responsibility like a boss
— Banter bhai (@banterbhai) May 2, 2025
Very bad season SRH
— Sunil Bishnoi (@Sunil_Bishnoi23) May 2, 2025
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