Pat Cummins carries his golden touch into IPL

NEW DELHI, Apr 07 (Reuters): There seems practically nothing that Pat Cummins cannot achieve these days and his latest batting heroics in the Indian Premier League (IPL) only served to confirm that his Midas touch has not deserted him yet.
Teammates and opponents rubbed their eyes in disbelief on Wednesday as the Australia test captain, a fast bowler by trade, belted a 14-ball half century for the Kolkata Knight Riders, the joint quickest in the history of the IPL.
Cummins's 56 not out from 15 deliveries against Mumbai Indians in Pune launched scores of memes on social media and had the pundits purring.
Virender Sehwag called it one of the most insane displays of clean hitting he had seen, while his former India team mate Venkatesh Prasad said Cummins had made world class Mumbai bowlers look like club bowlers.
Cummins has enjoyed a fairytale run since helping Australia to their maiden Twenty20 World Cup triumph in the United Arab Emirates in November.
Later that month, he would be unveiled as Australia's 47th test captain after a 'sexting' scandal cost predecessor Tim Paine the job.
The Australian added, “Very satisfying to do it on my first game this season. Was just trying to pepper the shorter boundary. The hard thing after a big auction is that there are a lot of changes from last year”.