"Problem Of Plenty": 'Shocked' R Ashwin On SRH Captaincy Change Ahead Of IPL 2024
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed his "shock" over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)'s decision to appoint Pat Cummins as captain. SRH sacked South African batter Aiden Markram after just one season, despite him leading their sister franchise, SunRisers Eastern Cape (SEC), to back-to-back SA20 league titles. SRH roped in Cummins for a price of INR 20.50 crore, before announcing that Australia's World Cup-winning captain will lead the franchise in IPL 2024. Ashwin revealed that he didn't saw the move coming, especially after what Markram achieved with SEC in the SA20 league.