6,4,6,6..and MI bowler leaked 35 runs in an over to join unwanted list in IPL

Coming straight from the Pakistan tour, Australia captain and premier pacer Pat Cummins blazed with the bat like never before, emulating the record for the fastest fifty in the IPL, including belting 35 in an over, as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) crushed Mumbai Indians (MI) by five wickets on Wednesday (April 6).

SportsTak

• Thu • 07 Apr 2022

Coming straight from the Pakistan tour, Australia captain and premier pacer Pat Cummins blazed with the bat like never before, emulating the record for the fastest fifty in the IPL, including belting 35 in an over, as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) crushed Mumbai Indians (MI) by five wickets on Wednesday (April 6).

Cummins clobbered his fifty in mere 14 balls, joining KL Rahul on the top of the leaderboard, while opener Venkatesh Iyer batted through the innings for his unbeaten 41-ball 50, as KKR completed a chase of 162 with as many as four overs to spare.

It was unbelievable stuff from Cummins as KKR, needing 35 from 30 balls, got them all in just six deliveries with the Australian Test captain hitting six sixes and four boundaries in his 15-ball 56.

Daniel Sams rocked by Cummins carnage

Daniel Sams bore the brunt of Cummins' onslaught the most, conceding 35 runs in the 16th over, which sealed it for KKR.

The left-arm speedster conceded as many as 35 runs in the 16th over as the game was done and dusted in no time. Notably, Sams bowled the third-most-expensive over in IPL history courtesy of his countryman. MI skipper Rohit Sharma asked Sams to deliver the 16th over and it proved to be a disastrous decision.

Cummins welcomed him with six, six, four and six in the first four deliveries. Literally, nothing worked for Sams as the ball was flying off Cummins’ willow. Pressure got the better of Sams as he bowled a waist-high no-ball in the fifth ball and the Aussie dasher accumulated two runs. While the free hit went for a boundary, the last delivery of the over went for a six.

Notably, only Harshal Patel and Prashanth Parmeswaran have delivered more expensive overs in IPL history. Parwinder Awana, Ravi Bopara, and Rahul Sharma are the others featuring in the unwanted list.