PAT Cummins Record: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium) Delhi Capitals (DC), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins made a place in the special club by dismissing Karun Nair (Karun Nair) on the very first ball of the first over. He has become the first captain in IPL history to take 3 wickets in Powerplay. Before Cummins, only three bowlers were able to take wickets on the first ball for SRH.
As soon as Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss in the 55th match of IPL 2025, he proved that he is a player of big occasions. Cummins gave a blow to Delhi by getting Karun Nair caught in a slip off the first ball. With this, he became only the fourth bowler to take the wicket on the first ball for SRH.
This special list included the names of Jagdisha Suchit (2022, Virat Kohli), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2023, Prabhasimran Singh) and Mohammed Shami (2025, Sheikh Rashid) before him. Now Cummins dismissed Karun Nair and made his entry into this Elite Club.
Not only this, Pat Cummins made a new record in IPL history, taking 3 wickets for 12 runs in his three overs inside the powerplay. He has become the first captain who has taken three wickets in the first 6 overs of the innings. After Karun Nair, he also walked Faf Duplessis and then Abhishek Porel.
This deadly bowling of Cummins stunned Delhi Capitals and SRH soon gained an edge in the match. Captain Cummins’ performance can prove to be very important for keeping Hyderabad alive to keep the last expectations of keeping Hyderabad in the playoff race.
Teams for this match
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Sachin Baby, Henrik Klassen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (Captain), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Ishaan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat.
Impact Players: Travis Head, Mohammed Shami, Harsh Dubey, Rahul Chahar, Vian Mulder.
Delhi Capitals: Abhishek Porel, Faf Duplessis, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel (Captain), Triston Stabs, Wipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushranth Chamera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.
Impact Players: Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Jake Fraser-Macgark, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Kumar.
