Patrick James Cummins is a cricketer with Australia who leads the men’s national team in both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. In the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League, Cummins led the Sunrisers Hyderabad team.
Throughout history, Cummins has always been seen as one of the best Test bowlers ever and remains among the top bowlers today in terms of speed.
Cummins was a member of the Australian team that won the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Pat was the winning captain of the 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
Cummins made his first appearance in the field of Tests at 18 in 2011, but he had to wait for his turn until 2015 due to injuries, which kept him out of international games.
Later, upon completing the 2018-19 domestic cricket season in Australia, he received the Allan Border Medal for being the best-performing cricketer after playing exceptionally well throughout all competitions.
In November 2021, he was made the permanent captain of Australia’s Test team. For more info, have a look at the table below on Pat Cummin’s stats:
|
Category |
Matches |
Runs |
HS |
Avg |
SR |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
|
Test |
62 |
1295 |
64* |
17.0 |
44.60 |
0 |
3 |
127 |
29 |
|
ODI |
88 |
492 |
37 |
13.70 |
75.10 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
11 |
|
T20I |
54 |
144 |
28 |
10.30 |
123.1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
Pat Cummins joined the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014 to start his Indian Premier League career. The player was missing during the 2016 season and reappeared in 2017 when he played for Delhi Daredevils.
In April 2022, Cummins equalled the fastest IPL 50 record after making 50 runs in 14 balls against MI. Consistent with his keenness to focus on national team tasks, notably Ashes and ODI World Cup, Cummins refused to participate in the I.P.L. 2023 season.
During the 2024 IPL auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad purchased Cummins for ₹20.5 crore (A$3.7 million), making him the second-most expensive player in the IPL’s history. Here are the Pat Cummins IPL stats:
|
Tournament |
Matches |
Runs |
HS |
Avg |
SR |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
|
All IPL |
58 |
515 |
66* |
19.80 |
149.7 |
0 |
3 |
33 |
34 |
He became SRH’s captain on March 4, 2024. This team was the runner-up in the final after losing to Kolkata Knight Riders, even though they finished second in the league stage with eight wins out of fourteen matches. Check out more info on Pat Cummins IPl auction:
|
Year |
Price |
Team |
|
2018 |
5.40 Cr |
Mumbai |
|
2020 |
15.50 Cr |
Kolkata |
|
2021 |
15.50 Cr |
Kolkata |
|
2022 |
7.25 Cr |
Kolkata |
|
2024 |
20.50 Cr |
Hyderabad |
Cummins was born on May 8, 1993, in Mount Riverview, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. He attended St Paul’s Grammar School along with Brett Lee as a child.
John Cummins was engaged to his long-term girlfriend, Becky Boston, in February 2020. While the two had a child together, they officially tied the knot on August 1, 2022.
Cummins has many profitable partnerships, including Hublot, Gillette, Gatorade, New Balance, and Executive Style. He is also a stakeholder in Healthquad.
In 2024, Pat Cummins’s net worth is estimated at at least 41 million US dollars. This means that most of his money comes from global games, together with endorsements he gets from branding, local contests, and IPL matches.
Cricket Australia issued a players’ list under the National Men’s Contract List 2022-23 in April 2024 with 24 people on it. The top players earn more than three million dollars yearly from that deal.
Pat Cummins lives in a grand house in Sydney’s Eastbourne area and owns expensive vehicles, such as a Land Rover Range Rover Sport, a Ferrari 488 GTB, and a Mercedes Benz S-Class.
Pat is the quickest Australian player to attain 250 Wickets In tests. He was the first captain to pick up all ten wickets during one match in Melbourne. The ICC ranks him number one among the best test bowlers.
Cummins has also been the joint-fastest fifty ever scored during any IPL game played until today.
Cummins won Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 2020. Pat won the ICC 2019 Governance Test Player of the Year award for exceptional performance. In 2019, he was also honoured with the Allan Border Medal at the AUS Cricket Awards.
In 2020, he was named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He is ranked as No.1 in the ICC Men’s Test Team. Pat Cummins was crowned ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year in 2023.
