Cummins enjoying the 'challenge' of bowling in IPL runfests

[p]Flat ‌tracks, short boundaries and the league's Impact Player rule, which allows chasing teams ‌to draft in an extra batter replacing a bowler, have ‌all contributed to teams routinely pulling off 200-plus targets.[/p][p]On Saturday, the Delhi ‌Capitals racked up 264-2, briefly the highest total this season, ‌and yet Punjab Kings chased down the record target with seven balls to spare.[/p][p]In the second match of the double-header, a Cummins-led Hyderabad accomplished a ‌229-run chase with nine balls to go.[/p][p]"[b]It's fine, ⁠it's a good challenge,[/b]" Cummins, ‌playing his first match of the IPL season after recovering from a ​lumbar bone stress injury, told reporters.[/p][p]"You know, you can have a bad couple overs, but you feel like if ​you come back and bowl a really good death over, then yeah, that can be match-winning."[/p][p]"[b]I actually think in some ways, it ⁠takes the pressure off ​us bowlers, knowing that our batting lineup can chase whatever[/b] (target) [b]... One wicket, one really good over, can actually be as important as a good spell would be in a lower-scoring game.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="2acbb9d6-d81f-4c5c-afd0-688a6765d17f" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcs62FVn14g" social-type="youtube" /][p]Rajasthan's 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (103) once again ‌lit up the stadium with a 36-ball hundred - hitting the first ball he faced from Cummins for a six.[/p][p]"[b]I think he's my new favourite player,[/b]" a smiling Cummins said of the teenaged opener.[/p][p]"He's hits the ball so hard. It's great to watch, it's good fun. You got to be right on the money as a bowler."[/p][p]"[b]He's had a great start to his career and I love the way he plays. It takes the game on.[/b]"[/p][p]Despite the ‌soaring totals this season, Cummins said their team approach had not ​really changed.[/p][p]"[b]We set up our team, obviously, to try and ‌go big on our batting, and as a bowler, it's up to us to try and minimise the runs. The scores look a little bit different to maybe a few years ago, but the concept still the same.[/b]"[/p][p]Hyderabad climbed to third place ⁠in the points table - behind ⁠leaders Punjab Kings and defending ‌champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru.[/p]