Pat Cummins
Australia · Sunrisers Hyderabad
Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast
Australia Test captain and SRH's pace spearhead
Role
Pace Bowler, Captain
Batting
Right-hand bat
IPL Team
SRH
DOB
8 May 1993
Biography
Pat Cummins is Test cricket's No. 1 ranked bowler and Australia's Test captain. He led Australia to win the 2023 ODI World Cup and joined SRH in 2024 as captain.
Career Statistics
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 87 | 950 | 16.7 | 79.2 | 0 | 3 |
| T20I | 38 | 175 | 9.2 | 124.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Test | 71 | 1,500 | 22.4 | 53.5 | 1 | 7 |
🏏 IPL Career
65
Matches
380
Runs
75
Wickets
28.5
Average
145.6
Strike Rate
Career Milestones
✨ Career Highlights
- ⭐No. 1 ranked Test bowler (since 2019)
- ⭐🏆 2023 ODI World Cup captain
- ⭐2-time Allan Border Medal winner
- ⭐Vitaly fastest IPL bowler (over 150 km/h consistently)
- ⭐Bought for IPL-record ₹20.50 Cr at 2024 auction
Fantasy Cricket Tips — Pat Cummins
IPL 2026 captaincy, venue & matchup analysis
₹9.5 Cr
Strike pacer — wickets in powerplay and death
⭐⭐⭐⭐ GL captain on seam-friendly pitches. Low ownership, high ceiling.
Ahmedabad (fast, bouncy — suits his pace). Wankhede (seam movement early).
Eden Gardens (KKR spinners dominate; Cummins left out in favour of Mark Steketee).
SRH's batting depth means Cummins often doesn't bat long — but his bowling ceiling is 70+ pts.
Seaming pitch: captain. Flat/slow pitch: fade batting value, monitor playing XI.
Right-handers in powerplay — swing and bounce. Best with the new ball.
Powerplay IPL 2026: 10 wickets at 6.8 econ. Death overs: 6 wickets at 9.2 econ.
Expensive but justified on seam-friendly pitches. Monitor SRH playing XI for batting-order changes.
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xFP Player Profile
Pat Cummins — model view
The CricJosh expected-fantasy-points engine publishes a per-player vector: point estimate, 80% prediction band, captaincy multiplier, venue tilt, and a sample-size flag. This is the same data the captain overlay uses when ranking C/VC candidates. The numbers below are derived from the player’s last 60 innings (batters) or last 30 overs (bowlers), park-adjusted.
xFP per match
54.2
80% band: 38–71
Captain overlay
×2.0
band: ×1.8–×2.3
Sample size
high
> 60 innings
Venue tilt
flat deck +, spin –
composite tilt
Phase split
PP 38% / Mid 31% / Death 31%
fantasy-point share
Risk flag
low
tournament-wide calibrated
How to read these numbers
The xFP point estimate is the model’s best guess at this player’s fantasy-points-per-match under average conditions. The 80% band is the residual interval — under normal conditions, 4 out of 5 fixtures will sit inside the band. The captain overlay is multiplicative: applying it on top of xFP gives the captaincy-adjusted expectation. The venue tilt tells you which direction to lean when you apply the match-specific venue model manually.
Caveat
These outputs are part of a model-produced vector. CricJosh.app does not run real-money contests and does not endorse this player as a captaincy pick. The vector is one input to a probability-weighted decision; it is not a tip.