Pat Cummins: Young Talent at Its Best

Cummins Personal Life

Australian cricketer Pat Cummins was born in Westmead, New South Wales and grew up in Mount Riverview, near the beautiful Blue Mountains. He comes from a rather large family and has two brothers and two sisters. He did his schooling in St Paul's Grammar School and is an Elite Athlete Program scholar. As far as higher studies are concerned, he completed his Bachelor of Business at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Cummins was passionate about cricket from a very young age. He grew up idolizing a number of Australian cricketers, including Brett Lee. Thanks to years of hard work and training, Pat Cummins was able to live out his dream when he played with Brett Lee for a short time in domestic and international cricket tournaments.

Pat Cummins’ Personal Information

• Full name: Patrick James Cummins
• Born: 8 May 1993
• Birth Place: Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
• Pat Cummins’ Age: 27 years
• Nickname: Cummo
• Height: 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
• Batting: Right-handed
• Bowling: Right-arm fast Bowler
• Role: Bowler

Pat Cummins’ International Career

Pat Cummins grabbed the attention of cricket fans and experts alike right from his Test debut in 2011 because he was Australia's youngest Test cricketer since Ian Craig. Thanks to his seven-wicket match haul and scoring the winning runs with a boundary, Cummins was presented with the Man of the Match award.

Following his Test debut, the cricket world was abuzz with news about this exciting young fast bowler who was also a capable lower-order right-handed batsman. However, tragedy struck when his cricketing career was plagued with injuries, especially a painful stress fracture in his back. After more than half a decade of absence due to various injuries, Cummins returned to the field on 17 March 2017.

The 2017–18 summer of cricket in Australia was incredibly exciting for Cummins as he began to establish himself as a reliable lower-order batsman. He announced his comeback to cricket in style when he scored his first Test half-century in the fourth Test against South Africa in 2017-2018. Thanks to his incredible Test performances early next year, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season. That year was good for Pat Cummins' stats because he went on to take 44 wickets South Africa and was named in the 2018 Test XI of the year by Cricbuzz.

Pat Cummins’ Injuries and Comeback

His determination to train and improve his fitness eventually paid off in January 2019, when Cummins was appointed as one of Australia's two-Test vice-captains. His stunning maiden 10-wicket haul against Sri Lanka came later that year and he was named as the man of the series for his performance in the two-Test series.

2019 was a good year for Cummins because he claimed his best bowling figures in an ODI with 5/70 against Indian Team. He was also named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup as well as for the 2019 Ashes series in England. Cummins dazzled at the Ashes and was the leading wicket-taker of the series. He took 29 wickets in 5 matches, at an average of 19.62. Thanks to his Ashes’ performance, Cummins became the first bowler to win the Allan Border Medal since Mitchell Johnson was crowned in 2014.

Over the years, Pat Cummins’ stats have shown that he is the number one strike bowler of the Australian team across all formats. The only thing standing in his way was the doubts about his fitness and injuries; doubts that Cummins has put to rest with one incredible bowling performance after another.

Pat Cummins’ Records

His raw talent gave Cummins the honour of becoming the No. 1 ranked Test bowler in the world and won him Australia's coveted Allan Border Medal in the year 2019. Now that Pat Cummins’ IPL journey is about to begin anew, here’s a quick look at some of the incredible stats and records over the years:

Pat Cummins Batting Career Summary

Pat Cummins Bowling Career Summary

Pat Cummins Indian Premier League

His IPL journey began at a very young age; he was only 21 years when he made his debut in the Indian Premier League. For his first season, Pat Cummins’ IPL team was the Kolkata Knight Riders. After some pretty good performances during the tournament, he caught the eye of the Delhi Capitals selectors. In February 2017, Cummins was bought by Delhi for a staggering Rs 4.5 crores. He continued to dazzle fans and experts with his incredible bowling talent.

Even though there were a few ups and downs during his IPL journey, the cricketer managed to make a name for himself and eventually caught the top team’s attention in the tournament. During the 2018 IPL auction, Mumbai Indians bought him for a hefty Rs 5.4 crores. However, lady luck did not smile on the cricketer that year since he was ruled out of the entire tournament due to an injury.

As mentioned earlier, Cummins is a fighter and he proved that in his comeback after the injury. Even though he did not play in the 2018 or the 2019 edition of the IPL, he was still one of the top players going into the 2020 auction. His first team, the Kolkata Knight Riders, managed to sign the cricketer for a whopping Rs 15.50 crores. The IPL 2020 shakeup made Cummins the most expensive overseas player in IPL auction history. While he didn’t have a great season in 2020, he will be determined to turn things around for his team and repay for the faith that the team has put in him. If there is one thing we can learn from Pat Cummins’ journey is that this young cricketer is a fighter and IPL fans are in for an absolute treat as long as he plays the tournament.

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