Pat Cummins produced a heroic effort in the Indian Premier League conflict between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. Chasing a stiff 221, the Australian pacer went on to play an unbeaten knock of 66 from 34 balls and turned a uninteresting affair right into a nail-biting contest.
Batting at a strike-rate of 194.12, Cummins smashed 4 boundaries and 6 maximums, which additionally included a 30-run over from Sam Curran.
So close to but thus far. That was an unimaginable innings from Pat Cummins. Could have been the best ever IPL chase. But to get from 31 for five to 202, @KKRiders might be very proud. Congratulations to @ChennaiIPL on the win. They are on a roll. #CSKvsKKR pic.twitter.com/miAqq1Fwb6
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 21, 2021
Cummins sensible knock has now seen the Australian be a part of a rare checklist of gamers to fetch 30 or extra runs in a single. Currently, Chris Gayle tops this chart with 36 runs from six deliveries, whereas Raina stands second with 32, whereas Virender Sehwag, Shaun Marsh and Rahul Tewatia scored 30 runs every.
Meanwhile, Gayle is the one participant among the many checklist to realize this feat twice.
Batsmen hitting 4 or extra sixes in an over in #IPL greater than as soon as:
Chris Gayle – 7 occasions
Hardik Pandya – 2 occasions
PAT CUMMINS – 2 occasions
10 others – 1 timePS: Cummins hit 4 sixes off Bumrah in IPL 2020#IPL2021 #KKRvCSK #KKRHaiTaiyaar
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 21, 2021
Batsmen scoring 30+ runs off a bowler in an over in IPL:
36 – Gayle off Parameswaran
32 – Raina off Awana
30 – Sehwag off Symonds
30 – S Marsh off van der Wath
30 – Gayle off Rahul Sharma
30 – Kohli off S Kaushik
30 – Tewatia off Cottrell
30 – Cummins off Curran#IPL2021— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 21, 2021
This additionally was the second time when Cummins blasted 4 sixes in an over in IPL. The Australian had carried out the identical Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah in the earlier version held in UAE.
Despite a courageous battle by KKR decrease order, they didn’t get their group previous the ending line as CSK beat them by 18 runs in a high-scoring encounter. After the competition, CSK now stand on the high of the factors desk, with three wins from 4 matches. KKR, alternatively, are positioned sixth with one win from 4 encouners.
