Delhi: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 today. In such a situation, SRH captain and veteran pacer Pat Cummins will not only have a chance to create history by winning the trophy, but apart from this, he can also break the record of former Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain and late Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.
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In fact, if Cummins takes 3 more wickets against KKR today, a big record will be registered in his name. Currently this record is registered in the name of Shane Warne. In the current IPL, this fast bowler has taken 17 wickets so far, while the late Warne had made the record of taking the most wickets as a captain in IPL in 2008. He had taken 19 wickets. Cummins is likely to overtake Warne in the list of most wickets taken in a season by a franchise captain. If he takes 3 wickets, he will overtake Warne.
This year's IPL final will be very special for Cummins. In the last one and a half years, he has got success one after the other as a captain. Under his leadership, Australia won two finals of ICC tournaments. Last year, Cummins-led Australia won against India in the final of the ICC World Test Championship. After that, the Kangaroos also defeated Team India in the final of the ICC ODI World Cup. Both times Australia's dashing batsman Travis Head proved to be the villain in India's victory. Even today, Head is a part of the Hyderabad team led by Cummins. This left-handed opener is in great form in the current IPL as well. However, in the first qualifier, KKR's veteran pacer Mitchell Starc sent him to the pavilion cheaply.
Chepauk Stadium Pitch Report
The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is usually beneficial for the bowlers. After the victory against Rajasthan in Qualifier-2, Sunrisers Hyderabad will have a good understanding of the Chepauk pitch. The toss of the coin will play a very important role on the Chepauk pitch. The team batting first on this pitch has an advantage. Many matches have been played on this ground since the end of the 17th season of IPL. This will make it a bit difficult to score runs on a slow pitch. The spinners also performed well in the last match.
