[WATCH] IPL 2025: Pat Cummins explains SRH’s strategy in must-win territory: “Not reckless, but calculated aggression”

The captain of SRH, Pat Cummins, said that their team does not play blindly; rather, their play is calculated. The right-arm pacer said that Heinrich Klassen, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Nitish Kumar Reddy raised the bar for T20 scoring. The speedster was enthralled by the hitters’ smashing prowess and said it was his and head coach Daniel Vettori’s responsibility to encourage the batters to give it their all.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will play their 43rd Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. Both teams are struggling at the bottom of the points table because they haven’t played at their best this season.

“The majority of our players are quite combative. The thing that caught my attention in the first game, when we reached 280 or thereabouts (286/6), was that it wasn’t reckless. It’s planned hostility, you know. We’re fortunate, in my opinion, because our strength prevents blind swinging.

In fact, our guys are perfectly suited to striking at over 200. Thus, that’s what we always support,” Pat Cummins stated on Star Sports.

🗣 “We’ve got the firepower, we’ve got the balance — now it’s about executing it right!”
Skipper #PatCummins brings the Aussie grit to the Orange Army 💪 as they gear up for a high-stakes face-off against CSK!

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 25, 2025

“I think Klassen, Travis Head, Abhishek, NKR, and these guys really raised the bar for what’s possible in T20 batting.” You have an additional impact player, and the wickets are clearly good. However, they demonstrated that you should be able to attempt to chase that more frequently than not if you are 10 and beyond. if your batting lineup is strong under those circumstances. “I think they’ve shown that they’ve surprised everyone, maybe even themselves, just how good their best is,” he continued. “My job and Dan Vettori’s job is to try and encourage them to be at their best.”