Pat Cummins stays calm amid SRH slump: ‘It’s too early to worry about being two down’ | Cricket News
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Pat Cummins remains unfazed by consecutive defeats following their explosive start to IPL 2025, maintaining that it’s “too early to worry.”
After setting the tournament alight with a massive 286/6 against Rajasthan Royals, SRH faltered with a five-wicket loss to Lucknow Super Giants at home, followed by a seven-wicket defeat to Delhi Capitals on Sunday.
“It’s too early to worry about being two down, hopefully, we’ll get back going forward,” Cummins said post-match. “As I said, we need to have a look at a few of our options. Maybe we just need to do one or two things differently and the results would change.”
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Despite setbacks, the Australian pacer isn’t looking for drastic changes. “Overall, guys have shown glimpses of what they can do, don’t think we’ll change too much.”
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He acknowledged that top-order struggles and poor shot selection played a role in their downfall.
“We didn’t get going, didn’t get a score on the board. A few wrong shots, but catches in the deep does happen in this format of the game.”
Believing fine margins made the difference, he added, “I don’t think it’s a big margin, on another day, you get going with a couple of shots, not everything went our way in the last two games, we can look back and think about different options.”
Aniket Verma’s fighting 74-run knock was a rare bright spot in an otherwise disappointing batting effort, preventing SRH from collapsing below 150.
“Coming into the tournament, everyone was super impressed with him (Aniket) going into the lead-up to the tournament, was fantastic and gave us half a chance, was impressive with the way he went about things (during the net sessions and practice games).”
Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc, who dismantled SRH’s top order with a stunning five-wicket haul, credited a complete team effort for Delhi Capitals’ dominant performance.
“It has been a good day. With the ball, in the field and with the bat. It was a fantastic performance by us today. There’s no ego in bowlers these days.”
The left-arm pacer emphasized the importance of adaptability.
“As a bowler, you got to think out of the box. You need to do things you wouldn’t normally do. It was nice to contribute in the win today, we move forward from here.”
Acknowledging the challenge of staying unpredictable, he added, “Guys know what I am going to do, so you need to think out of the box. As an older player, you need to find different ways to get batters out. Tried to bowl different balls today, was pretty effective I think.”
Starc also praised the young squad, stating, “It’s a new set of players, they have been fantastic. You get to play with new guys, it’s a great group of players. It’s a pretty young group to be fair, looking forward to playing more with them.”
Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel was satisfied with how their plans unfolded.
“You need to be up with your game. You can’t take any game easily, there are 10 good teams playing. We need to focus on our plans and process. Today we were successful in doing so.”
Explaining his decision to extend Starc’s spell, he said, “The plan was to give Starc two overs at the start and two overs at the end, but he was in good rhythm. Hence, I gave him the third over and he was able to pick an important wicket.”
Looking ahead, he stressed the importance of adapting to conditions.
“We have experienced players in the team, they give me suggestions. Sometimes I follow them. Enjoying playing with these players. We are playing at Kotla since many years, we’ll have similar plans. Need to assess the conditions after going there.”
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