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Ashwin's Shocked With SRH Replacing Markram With Cummins After Back-To-Back SA20 Titles

Aiden Markram with SA20 2024 Title [X.com]Aiden Markram with SA20 2024 Title [X.com]

T20 franchise cricket has its ups and downs, and being a captain is ever so volatile. 

Ahead of the new Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) replaced Aiden Markram with Patrick Cummins as the new captain, which got many people by surprise, including India and Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. 

Markram, who leads Sunrisers Eastern Cape in SA20 after winning consecutive titles (2023, and 2024), found himself replaced by Cummins, who SRH dished out INR 20.50 crore for this edition of IPL, following the Australian captain's terrific run in 2023, winning WTC and World Cup.

Speaking on his own YouTube channel, Ashwin remarked his shock over Cummins' appointment, having seen Markram's extraordinary run as leader in SA20 2024.


'I was quite shocked, actually' - Ravichandran Ashwin

"Sunrisers have hit two titles back to back at the SA20. They’ve done it with two extraordinary teams. I was quite shocked, actually. They have made Pat Cummins the captain. I was having a small hunch that they would go with Markram. Markram had an extraordinary season for his franchise in the SA20. The cross-pollination would have been amazing."

Ashwin further pointed out the dilemma SRH management could have with the four overseas players, with the likes of Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips, Marco Jansen, and Fazalhaq Farooqi in the ranks. 

Interestingly, Cummins will take on his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in SRH's opening match of the season on March 23 at Eden Gardens.