Pat Cummins achieves new heights during CSK vs SRH in IPL 2026, joins elite company heady by legendary Shane Warne

Pat Cummins completed a double century of wickets in the shortest format after the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain got better of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad during their crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Monday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Coming into the game on the back of 197 wickets in T20s, Cummins started with the wicket of Sanju Samson, caught behind by Ishan Kishan inside the powerplay. The Australian pacer then returned in the 10th over for his second of the night, getting better of dangerous looking Kartik Sharma. The Rajasthan batter was dismissed for 19-ball 32.

Cummins' achieved the feat came in his next over when he had rival skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad caught at deep mid-wicket by Eshan Malinga. With three wickets so far, Cummins' IPL tally went to 90. Cummins finished his quota of four overs with figures of 4-0-28-3.

Pat Cummins achieves new height

Earlier, Cummins eclipsed Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya (40) for most wickets in IPL as captains. The Sunrisers Hyderabad captain now has accumulated 42 wickets as a captain in IPL. Only legendary Shane Warne on top of the list with 57 scalps. Below Pandya, are Anil Kumble (30), Ravichandran Ashwin (25) and Zaheer Khan (20).

Earlier, Gaikwad won the toss and opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad. CSK made one change from their previous match with Akeal Hosein coming in for Gurjapneet Singh. Asked if MS Dhoni is playing, Gaikwad said, “He is here but he is not fit enough to play. But you never know if we win this and he comes for the last one.” SRH are playing with an unchanged side.

IPL captains with most wickets

CSK vs SRH playing XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Sanju Samson (wk), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Spencer Johnson.

Meanwhile, Cummins three wickets and Sakib Hussain's two restricted CSk to 180/7 in 20 overs. For CSK, Dewald Brevis top scored with 44, followed by Kartik's knock. Shivam Dube contributed with 26 towards the end. It must be noted that a win for Sunrisers Hyderabad will send them and Gujarat Titans into the IPL 2026 playoffs.

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