ANI
08 May 2025, 19:15 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): One of Australia's most successful captains, Pat Cummins, turned 32 on Thursday and celebrated the occasion with his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad teammates.
Sunrisers Hyderabad shared glimpses of Cummins' birthday celebrations on X and captioned the post, 'How it started, how it ended. Pat Cummins | #PlayWithFire'. In one of the pictures, the people around the Hyderabad skipper poured drinks on him.
Cummins, who had been tipped to be a future star since his youth, made his Test debut for Australia at 18 but had to wait six years for his next appearance. Injuries struck him during that phase when he struggled to handle the workload.
When he burst onto the scene in 2017, the towering right-armer emerged as a thoroughbred quick with the potential and tools to become the best in the world. He kicked off his fairytale career with a sizzling total of seven wickets, which helped Australia square the series against South Africa at the Wanderers.
Under dramatic circumstances in late 2021, Cummins was handed Australia's Test captaincy, and two years later, he had led Australia to the World Test Championship mace and the ODI World Cup title.
On both occasions, Cummins tactically outclassed India in the final to walk away with the trophy in his hands. With the deadly arsenal at his disposal, he staged India's downfall with the ball after a swashbuckling display from Steven Smith (121) and Travis Head (163), which powered Australia to a daunting 46. In reply, India folded on 296 and never recovered from it as Australia lifted its maiden WTC title with an emphatic 209-run victory.
In the ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad, Cummins silenced the entire nation by removing India's batting maestro Virat Kohli and then the in-form Shreyas Iyer to break the backbone of India's middle-order. India limped to 240, which Australia gunned down with a six-wicket win and seven overs to spare, courtesy of Head's rollicking 137.
With Cummins at the helm, Australia reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade. After a record-shattering defeat in Perth, the Baggy Greens regrouped and blazed their way to a 3-1 series win.
His record remains unblemished as a captain in cricket's most decorated rivalry against England, the Ashes. In nine fixtures, Cummins has steered Australia to five victories and boasts a win percentage of 71.42 per cent.
While looking at his format-wise influence, the 32-year-old has 294 wickets under his belt in 67 Test appearances. In 57 T20Is Cummins has scalped 66 wickets at 23.57 while striking at 19.00. In the ODIs, the Australian Test skipper has 143 wickets in 90 appearances. (ANI)
Get a daily dose of Australian Herald news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Australian Herald.
More InformationBOISE, Idaho: Seven people died, and eight were hurt when a van carrying tourists crashed into a pickup truck and caught fire near...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. State Department has approved a potential US$3.5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including AIM-120C-8...
GAZA STRIP - From Tuesday night to dawn on Wednesday, Israel Air Force pilots were responsible for the ending of at least forty-nine...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Tesla's sales in Europe nosedived in April, with sharp drops across multiple countries, including an 81 percent...
AUSTIN, Texas: Over the weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a new law that will let more than five million students use state...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Transportation Department says it is working to fix a significant shortage of air traffic controllers by...
Every day, police across Australia investigate thousands of incidents—any one of which could unlock a major case on the other side...
SYDNEY, Australia: A key measure of inflation in Australia has cooled to its lowest level in three years, lending weight to expectations...
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): One of Australia's most successful captains, Pat Cummins, turned 32 on Thursday and celebrated the...
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): India's 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said Rohit Sharma's cricket journey has been...
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): As the world reminisces over Rohit Sharma's Test career following his retirement, one could easily...
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Indian batter and skipper Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday after...