IPL playerAustralia2014 to 2026
Pat Cummins
On scorecards: PJ Cummins · Right-hand bat
Pat Cummins, an all-rounder, has played nine IPL seasons for three franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Pat Cummins arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹1 cr, the base price.
That first season brought 1 match and 1 wicket, and ended with Kolkata Knight Riders as champions.
The peak
The best season was 2024, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 18 wickets at 9.28 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.37, with best figures of 3 for 43. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2017, 2024 and 2025).
Franchise by franchise
2014 to 2015, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1 cr. 4 matches and 2 wickets; champions in 2014.
2017, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹4.50 cr. 12 matches and 15 wickets.
2020 to 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders, second time round. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹15.50 cr. 26 matches, 302 runs and 28 wickets.
2024 to 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹20.50 cr. 38 matches, 263 runs and 42 wickets; captain in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
4 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2020 to 2022. 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2023 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 87 wickets in 1,813 deliveries, at 8.87 runs an over against a league rate of 8.78 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 34.
35.7% of the balls Pat Cummins bowled were dots, a higher share than 57% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.8 balls.
The fielding record: 22 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Pat Cummins has gone under the hammer six times. The highest price was ₹20.50 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024, more than 10 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1 cr in 2014, ₹20.50 cr by 2024. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2018.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Pat Cummins has made 80 IPL appearances, the latest for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2026, and has won 3 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 7.25 | 1/29 | 0 | Champions | |
| 2015 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 1 | 9.70 | 1/54 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Delhi Daredevils | 12 | 77 | 24 | 15.4 | 145.3 | 0/0 | 15 | 8.05 | 2/20 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 146 | 53* | 20.9 | 128.1 | 1/0 | 12 | 7.87 | 4/34 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 | 93 | 66* | 31.0 | 166.1 | 1/0 | 9 | 8.83 | 3/24 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 63 | 56* | 15.8 | 262.5 | 1/0 | 7 | 10.69 | 3/22 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 16 | 136 | 35* | 22.7 | 143.2 | 0/0 | 18 | 9.28 | 3/43 | 7 | Captain | |
| 2025 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 97 | 22* | 24.3 | 167.2 | 0/0 | 16 | 9.03 | 3/19 | 5 | Captain | |
| 2026 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 30 | 19 | 10.0 | 157.9 | 0/0 | 8 | 9.49 | 3/28 | 2 | 1 | Captain |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2014 to 2015
- Delhi Daredevils: 2017
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2020 to 2022
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2024 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 38.5% |
| Balls per four | 10.5 |
| Balls per six | 9.6 |
| Dot balls bowled | 35.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.8 |
| Catches | 22 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | FA4 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1 cr |
| 2017 | – | ₹2 cr | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹4.50 cr |
| 2018 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹5.40 cr |
| 2020 | AL1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹15.50 cr |
| 2022 | M | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹7.25 cr |
| 2024 | AL1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹20.50 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet