IPL 2024 | 'The run's going to stop at some point': Cummins ahead of IPL final

As a leader Pat Cummins has tasted success at the highest level and stands on the cusp of adding another feather in his decorated cap by winning the IPL title but the Australian skipper knows that all good things come to an endThe Australian has been on a great run since last year leading Australia to the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup successHe will lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024 final against former champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday and strive to win teams second titleIt would be great winning the title but the runs going to stop at some point he told reporters ahead of the IPL finalIts been a great couple of years but I havent captained any T20 cricket team before this series So Im not too sure what to expect Its quite fastpacedAnalysing his sides performance in the tournament this season Cummins credited the blend of experience and youngsters for successIts been huge We have quite an experienced bowling lineup including Jaydev Unadkat and Bhuvi Bhuvneshwar Kumar Also so many youngsters have come through and have won us games by themselves like Nitish Reddy and Abhishek SharmaAlso ReadIPL 2024 Cummins eyes another title as Hyderabad face Kolkata in IPL finalWe also have guys who have been away from the Indian setup but they have been fantastic So thats been the story of our team he saidSRH which finished in second place on the points table had lost to KKR in Qualifier 1Following the Orange Armys win over Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 assistant coach Simon Helmot admitted that Cummins took help of stats before heading into every gameWhen asked about the same the Aussie admitted that despite having the stats one needs to back his intuition on that given dayAll the data analytics are tools to be used Its just another factor in the decisionmaking process he reckoned We play a lot of T20 games but the two games are not exactly the same Its different wickets and opposition and data could take you only so farSo I think you still need to back your gut feeling and intuition Data doesnt tell you that its probably going to be successfulWe have lots of experience around our squad like Daniel Vetori So you need to balance between the objective data that you gather and what you are feeling out thereCummins is hailed as one of those captains who likes to allow the players to play with freedom He says it was important for them to ignore the outside noiseTheres so much pressure from obviously the number of fans that are watching media journalists but also from their own teams back home or their own coaches and everything as well So you try and strip that all awayWhen they all start the youngsters always play with a lot of freedom so you just want to keep encouraging that and giving them the freedom to play however they wantAnd if it doesnt work out youre kind of there to help them work through that rather than trying to scold them or tell them to change he signed offWith agency inputs