Australian and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star pacer Pat Cummins has opened up about bowling in T20 and Take a look at codecs. The specific pacer, who bowled a superb spell towards the five-time champions Mumbai Indians within the earlier match, has stated that affect is the important thing within the 20-over format whereas Take a look at cricket requires different elements with health taking part in a key function.
It could be famous that Cummins was bought by the two-time champions KKR through the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega public sale and he has performed his half with each bat and ball to date. Within the earlier recreation, the right-arm pacer gave away simply 22 runs in his four-over quota and scalped three essential wickets.
In T20s, it’s about ‘how can I not go for boundaries?’: Pat Cummins
Talking on the official web site of KKR, Cummins stated, “It’s an entire totally different outlook to red-ball cricket. Right here your function could be to bowl the final over and in the event you go for 10 or 12 runs that could be a extremely good consequence. Simply know that you could have an effect and it not essentially must be wickets. In purple ball, you attempt to search for wickets. It’s about health, attempting to get by way of 5 days of a Take a look at match. Right here it’s about, ‘how can I not go for boundaries?’”.
“There are going to be some video games the place you bowl properly however you continue to get hit off a few edges for six. That’s T20 cricket. That’s why massive crowds are turning up. That’s why I am going out to bat and I’m allowed to swing the bat. It’s fairly favored to the batters quite a lot of the instances which is okay,” he added.
In the meantime, KKR will tackle the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium, Pune on Might 14 (Saturday). The 2-time champions are at present positioned seventh within the factors desk and can need to win their remaining matches within the competitors to maintain their hopes alive for the playoffs.
