Pat Cummins has presided over his first defeat since returning to the Indian Premier League and conceded ruefully that the most expensive over of his IPL career had contributed to the end of Sunrisers Hyderabad's five-match winning streak.
Cummins had overseen wins in his first two matches since returning to skipper the team following his injury break and was still eyeing the treble after his Test teammate Travis Head had blasted a second half-century in succession to lead Hyderabad to 165 all out against the resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders.
But when Cummins' second over was smashed for 27 runs, with Finn Allen pummelling him for 22 of them, he reflected how it set the tone for visiting KKR to end up breezing to victory on 3-169 by seven wickets with 10 balls to spare.
