Hyderabad Sunrisers' victorious skipper Pat Cummins beamed that it had been "good to see the Aussies doing well" as he won the man-of-the-match award and Cooper Connolly joined the elite gang of IPL centurions in a losing cause.
But the Aussie who did best to summon a smile on Wednesday was Punjab Kings coach Ricky Ponting, who watched unimpressed as his side spilled a host of chances, helping Sunrisers to leapfrog them to the top of the table with a 33-run victory in Hyderabad.
Cummins had one of his Midas days when everything seems to turn to gold, taking two key wickets (2-34), grabbing two challenging catches and making a series of canny captaincy decisions.
