IPL 2022 KKR vs MI: Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pat Cummins created history in batting at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on the night of 6 April 2022. He became the foreign cricketer to score the shortest-ball fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He also jointly reached the top with KL Rahul in terms of scoring the shortest-ball fifty in IPL. Apart from this, Pat Cummins also equaled the record of Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli.
On the basis of Cummins’ smoky innings, Kolkata Knight Riders won the 14th match of the IPL against Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets. Mumbai Indians set a target of 162 runs for KKR to win. This is the first time in the history of IPL, when KKR have achieved a target of 160 or more runs against Mumbai Indians.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians had given Kolkata Knight Riders a target of over 160 runs 9 times and each time the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise had to taste defeat. Pat Cummins equals Virat Kohli in terms of hitting most sixes against Jasprit Bumrah. Cummins has hit 5 sixes against Bumrah in IPL so far. Kohli has also hit the same number of sixes.
AB de Villiers holds the record for hitting most sixes against Jasprit Bumrah in IPL. De Villiers had hit 8 sixes against Bumrah during his IPL career. JP Duminy is second in this case with six sixes. Cummins and Kohli are jointly at number three.
Pat Cummins also equals Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle and Pat Cummins are the two players who have scored more than 30 runs in an over twice in IPL. Gayle scored 36 runs in the over of P Parameswaran in IPL 2011 and 30 in the over of Rahul Sharma in IPL 2012. Cummins scored 34 against Daniel Sams and 30 against Sam Curran.
Australia’s Test Team Captain Pat Cummins Has scored 142 runs in the last 3 innings against Mumbai Indians. It also includes his two unbeaten half-centuries. He has been dismissed only once in the last 3 innings against Mumbai.
Pat Cummins has reached number four in the Indian Premier League (Indian Premier League) in terms of hitting the highest average boundaries in an innings (including only cricketers who have scored at least 50 runs). He scored 93% runs from boundaries in the match against Mumbai. Suresh Raina is on top in this matter.
Suresh Raina scored 87 runs in the match against Punjab Kings, then he scored 96% runs from boundaries. Andre Russell is second. Russell scored 95% of his runs in his innings of 65 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. KL Rahul scored 94% from boundaries in his 51-run innings against Delhi Capitals.