IPL 2025: In the IPL, the 55th season was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) on Monday evening at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. During this match, SRH captain Pat Cummins wreaked havoc with the ball and showed three DC batsmen to the pavilion. Along with this, Pat Cummins has also created a historical record. Which record is that record? Let’s know in detail.
Let me tell you that in this match against Delhi Capitals, SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which the first over was done by Pat Cummins. On the very first ball of this over, he dismissed Karun Nair. Then in the over too, he bowled well and gave just three runs. This brought the team of Delhi Capitals under pressure. After this, Cummins did the third over of the innings. On the first ball of this over, he sent Dhakad batsman Faf du Plessis to the pavilion. At the same time, on the first ball of the fifth over, he dismissed Abhishek Porel and destroyed the batting order of Delhi Capitals with good bowling.
Pat Cummins created historical record
Significantly, in this match, Pat Cummins scored three overs in Powerplay and took a wicket on the first ball of each over. In this way, he has become the first captain to take three wickets in the powerplay of the IPL match. Nobody could do this before them.
Captain who took the most wickets in powerplay
3/12 – Pat Cummins (SRH) vs DC, Hyderabad, 2025 2/10 – Akshar Patel (DC) vs RCB, Delhi, 2025 2/13 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs KKR, Delhi, 2017 2/13 – Sean Pollak (Mi) vs KKR, KKR, Kolkata, 2008 2/14 – 2008 2/14 – Zaheer Khan (DC) Jahir Khan (DC) Jahir Khan (DC) Pune, 2017 2/18 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs KKR, Delhi, 2016 2/19 – Zaheer Khan (DC) vs RPS, Pune, 2017
Cummins defeated Kumble
Pat Cummins has overtaken Anil Kumble in terms of taking the most wickets as captain in the IPL. Cummins had 28 wickets as captain before SRH vs DC match, but against Delhi, he took 3 wickets to 31. With this achievement, he beat Anil Kumble (30 wickets), who touched the figure while captaining RCB.
Significantly, the record of taking the most wickets as captain in the IPL is still in the name of Shane Warne, who took 57 wickets in 54 innings.
The bowler to take the most wickets as captain in IPL:
Shane Warne – 57 wickets Hardik Pandya – 35 wickets Pat Cummins – 31 wickets Anil Kumble – 30 wickets R Ashwin – 25 wickets Zaheer Khan – 20 wickets Yuvraj Singh – 18 wickets
Significantly, in this match, Cummins has achieved another record. Actually, DC opener Karun Nair had taken the wicket on the first ball of the match. With this, Cummins Sunrisers became the fourth bowler of Hyderabad, who has taken a wicket on the first ball.
SRH bowlers who took wicket on first ball in IPL
Jagdish Suchit – Virat Kohli (RCB), Mumbai, Wankhede Stadium, 2022 Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Prabhasimran Singh (Punjab Kings), Hyderabad, 2023 Mohammed Shami – Sheikh Rashid (CSK), Chennai, 2025 Pat Cummins – Karun Nair (DC), Hyderabad, 2025
Rain snatched away from SRH, out of the playoffs race
Pat Cummins bowled brilliantly and took 3 important wickets for just 19 runs in 4 overs. Due to their deadly bowling, Delhi team could score only 26 runs after losing 4 wickets in the powerplay itself. SRH stopped DC at a score of 133/7 and was preparing to chase the target to win.
However, as soon as the second innings started, the rain stopped the game and the match was canceled without throwing a single ball. As a result, both teams got 1–1 points. With this draw, the SRH became the third team to be out of the playoff race.
Don’t forget to follow the WhatsApp channel of lalluram.com.
