Sunrisers Hyderabad grabbed the headlines at the IPL 2024 Auction when they signed the World Cup heroes from Australia. The Orange Army recruited Travis Head and Pat Cummins in their squad for the upcoming season. Some fans even feel that SRH may appoint Pat Cummins as their IPL 2024 captain.
The reason behind is that Cummins led the Australian cricket team to the ODI World Cup and ICC World Test Championship titles in the year 2023 itself. Besides, the Hyderabad-based franchise had a forgettable season under the leadership of Aiden Markram in IPL 2023.
However, in this listicle now, we will look at the four reasons why SRH must not appoint Pat Cummins as their skipper for the 2024 IPL tournament.
1. Aiden Markram has won back-to-back SA20 titles for Sunrisers franchise
In case you didn’t know, Kaviya Maran has a team in South Africa’s league SA20 as well. Aiden Markram captains the Sunrisers Eastern Cape, which won the first two editions of SA20. It shows that Markram has great leadership skills, and he deserves more backing from the team management.
2. Pat Cummins may not be a long-term asset for SRH
Pat Cummins has a habit of pulling out of IPL whenever Ashes or an important tournament arrives. He did it multiple times during his stint with Kolkata Knight Riders. Hence, he will not be a long-term option for SRH.
3. Pat Cummins may not even play full IPL 2024 for SRH
As mentioned ahead, Cummins always give priority to his national duty over IPL. With the T20 World Cup set to happen immediately after the IPL, Cummins may not participate in the playoffs. Hence, SRH should not take the risk.
4. Pat Cummins is not even captain of Australia in T20Is
Interestingly, Cricket Australia has not entrusted Cummins with the responsibility of leading the T20I team. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh leads the Aussies in the shortest format, which is why it won’t make much sense for Cummins to lead SRH as well.
