
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Pat Cummins took a dig at his Australian teammate Marnus Labuschagne after SRH posted the highest team total of 287/3 in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. SRH, who had battered Mumbai Indians (MI) for 277/3 a few days ago, improved their own record by 10 runs on April 15 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
After the match, Cummins posted a photo of himself along with Travis Head, who scored a belligerent 102 off 41 balls, on the social media platform Instagram. Cummins wrote in the caption: 'This guy (in reference to Head)' and mentioned the runs scored by SRH to which Labuschagne responded with 'wow.'
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Cummins then went brutal with his next comment and wrote in reply to Labuschagne: "Marnus, you'd clear the fence here at Bangalore." Notably, Labuschagne is not known for hitting many sixes while batting.
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Cummins also expressed a bit of surprise at SRH bettering their record of highest IPL total by a team within days and said after the match: "Against Mumbai a few weeks ago I thought it won't happen again, but it has happened again."
As for RCB, they started off with a blaze as Virat Kohli and Fafdu Plessis scored 80 runs in 6.1 overs before Mayank Markande clean-bowled Kohli with a googly. RCB always needed something special to win the game but once Kohli departed, the chase derailed.
They were soon 122/5 at midway when Karthik and Mahipal Lomror took over. The duo added 59 runs in 25 balls to give RCB a sniff but the target was too much to handle. RCB, despite posting thehighest total in a chase, fell short by 25 runsafter scoring 262/7.
With the win, SRH now have eight points from four victories in eight games and currently sit at fourth place on the 10-team table.