Pat Cummins Etched His Name in the History Books during 2025 IPL Match vs Delhi Capitals | Courtesy – BCCI/IPL
Key highlights
- Pat Cummins Created History vs Delhi Capitals
- Cummins achieved an unique first from an ipl captain
- Cummins dismissed karun nair, faf du PLESSIS, and Abhishek Porel
The Sunrisers skipper won the toss and chose to bowl first in the do-die clash for his side and made an instant impact. After taking a bold decision to drop mohammed shami for the playing xi, cummins took the new ball for the one-time champions in a move that Proved to be a mastestroke.
Pat Cummins Achieves Never-Done Before Feat
Through his memorable spell with the new ball, cummins etched a new record as he became the first player in ipl history to take three wickets in the powerplay holding a little. Overall, this is the seventh institution of a captain taking multiple wickets in the first six overs of a match in the ipl, and cummins is only the fourth player to do it.
IPL Captains Taking 2 or More Wickets in PowerPlay
| Player | Team | Opponent | PowerPlay Figures | Venue | Year |
| Pat cummins | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi capitals | 3/12 | Hyderabad | 2025 |
| Axar patel | Delhi capitals | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2/10 | Delhi | 2025 |
| Zaheer khan | Delhi capitals | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2/13 | Delhi | 2017 |
| Shaun pollock | Mumbai Indians | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2/13 | Kolkata | 2008 |
| Zaheer khan | Delhi capitals | Rising Pune Supergiant | 2/14 | Pune | 2017 |
| Zaheer khan | Delhi capitals | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2/18 | Delhi | 2016 |
| Zaheer khan | Delhi capitals | Rising Pune Supergiant | 2/19 | Delhi | 2017 |
Overall, cummins Finished with Figures of 3-19 in His Four Overs. After the srh skipper’s triple blow, harshal patel and jayden unadkat got the important wickets of axar patel and kl rahul as the capitals found themeselves Vipraj Nigam, and Ashutosh Sharma Led a Mini Recovery to Ensure they Reach a Respectable Total.
