Leaders Online Desk: IPL 2024 The management is making changes to the team ahead of the season. In this Mumbai Indianssuddenly Rohit SharmaBy removing the post of captain Hardik Pandyahanded over to Now another team has also made a big change in the captaincy. Won the IPL title in 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabadwho led the team Aidan MarkramWorld champion by removing him from the captaincy Australiacaptain of Pat Cumminshas been entrusted with the command of the team. Under Markram's leadership, Sunrisers have won the South Africa T20 League for two consecutive years. (Pat Cummins)
A modest performance by the team under the leadership of Markram
Under the leadership of Aiden Markram, Sunrisers' performance in the last season of the IPL was poor. The team won only four out of 14 matches. In the points table, the Hyderabad team was thrown to the tenth position. In the mini-auction held in December 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad bought Pat Cummins, who led Australia to the ODI World Cup title, for a record price of Rs 20.50 crore. He became the second most expensive player in IPL history. In this auction, his compatriot Mitchell Starc Kolkata Knight Ridersbought for Rs 24.75 crore.
Cummins captained the world winning team
Australia won the ODI World Cup last year under the leadership of Cummins. Apart from this, he also won the World Test Championship title. However, surprisingly, Cummins is not the captain of Australia's T20 team. It is likely that the Australian team will play this year's T20 World Cup under the leadership of new captain Mitchell Marsh. (Pat Cummins) Not only that, Sunrisers have given Markram the command of their team Eastern Cape in the South African T20 League. Sunrisers Eastern Cape have been brilliant in winning the title in the last two seasons. In the final of this season, they defeated Durban Super Giants by 89 runs. In the league stage as well, the team won seven out of 10 matches and topped the points table with 33 points.
Cummins is the third captain of 'Sunrisers' in the last three seasons
Cummins withdrew from IPL 2023 to focus on international cricket. Before that he was part of the Kolkata team from 2020 to 2022. Cummins is the third captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last three seasons. In 2022, under Kane Williamson, the team finished eighth. Markram took command last season and now Cummins will be seen doing the same. In the 2023 IPL, Markram was also a flop and managed to score 248 runs at a strike rate of 129 in 14 matches. (Pat Cummins)
The head coach also changed
Apart from this, Sunrisers Hyderabad has made another big change. The franchise has also changed its head coach. Former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori has been appointed as the new head coach, replacing Brian Lara. In 2023, Lara replaced Tom Moody as the coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Sunrisers will start IPL 2024 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens. This match will be held on March 23. After this, the team will play a match against Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad on March 27.
#OrangeArmy! Our new skipper Pat Cummins 🧡#IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/ODNY9pdlEf
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 4, 2024
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