Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|03-05-2026
This match was not good for Pat CumminsImage Credit source: PTI
Pat Cummins Bowling: Australia's legendary fast bowler Pat Cummins has made many batsmen victims of his lethal bowling in Test and ODI cricket and has made his team win. Sometimes he gets beaten a lot in T20 cricket. But in his 15-year-long T20 career, Cummins never suffered such a beating in an over as he did against Kolkata Knight Riders. In this match, Kolkata opener Finn Allen batted stormily in Cummins' over and hit 4 sixes and fours.
In this 45th match of IPL 2026 played in Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders were chasing the target of 166 runs.
For this match, Kolkata made changes in its playing 11 and gave a chance to opener Finn Allen again. It was beneficial and Allen gave the team a stormy start in the short runs. But his most explosive form was seen in the fourth over, when Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain Pat Cummins came to bowl.Most expensive over of Cummins's career
Cummins gave only 6 runs in his first over but he got beaten in the second over. This over started with a wide, which went for a four.
In this way 5 runs were scored. After this Allen hit a six, then took 2 runs and hit a six again on the third ball. After this, Allen hit consecutive fours on the next two balls. In this way, KKR looted a total of 27 runs from Pat Cummins' over.Pat Cummins turns the corner 👏
🎥 27 runs off the over but the #SRH skipper comes back with a wicket 👊
Finn Allen departs!
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This proved to be the most expensive over of Pat Cummins's 15-year-long and 174-match T20 career. However, the Sunrisers captain made a comeback after this and settled the score a bit by taking the wicket of Allen on the last ball. Overall, Cummins gave 47 runs in his spell of 4 overs and took 1 wicket.
Kolkata broke SRH's winning streak
This match was not good for Cummins and his entire team.
Despite playing on their home ground, Sunrisers Hyderabad were bundled out for only 165 runs while batting first. After a good start, the team lost 9 wickets for just 60 runs. Sunrisers were all out for the first time this season. After this, Kolkata achieved this target in 18.2 overs by losing 3 wickets. In this way, after 5 consecutive wins, Sunrisers had to face defeat. Kolkata won the third consecutive match.
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