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Australian captain Pat Cummins is celebrating his 32nd birthday on May 8, 2025. The ace fast bowler has been looking in great touch from the last few years and is among the best bowlers for Australia, especially in Test cricket. He is among the most successful captains of Australia, leading the Aussies to one ODI World Cup, one World Test Championship and one Ashes title.
Pat Cummins has played 67 Tests, 90 ODIs and 57 T20Is in his international career so far, taking 503 wickets in all three formats combined. He comes seventh in the list of all-time leading wicket-takers for Australia across formats and comes third among active players from the country.
Talking about his career in the IPL, Pat Cummins is currently captaining Sunrisers Hyderabad in the ongoing IPL 2025. Under his captaincy, SRH reached the final of IPL 2024 but ended up losing against Kolkata Knight Riders and finished as the runners-up. Known for his bowling, Cummins has shown his batting prowess and has smashed the second fastest fifty in the IPL in just 14 balls.
Pat Cummins Career Records
Second fastest 50 in the IPL: Pat Cummins has smashed the second fastest fifty in the history of the IPL. While playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in a match against Mumbai Indians in Pune on April 6, 2022, Cummins smashed a fifty in just 14 balls.
Youngest Australian to take more than 5 wickets in Test innings: Pat Cummins is the youngest Australian player and the seventh youngest overall to take five or more wickets in an Test innings. While playing a Test match against South Africa in Johannesburg at the age of 18 years and 293 days in November 2011, Cummins registered the figures of 6/79.
