Australia skipper Pat Cummins breached the 20 crore INR mark and became the most expensive auction buy ever by joining Sunrisers Hyderabad at the IPL 2024 Player Auction. Sunrisers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore to the hammer
Australia skipper Pat Cummins became the most expensive Indian Premier League buy in history on December 19, 2023, when his services were secured by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20.50 Crore at the IPL 2024 Player Auction. Sunrisers, who had spent big on Travis Head earlier in the day, went toe-to-toe with Royal Challengers Bangalore, pipping them to the finish line in a record deal. (IPL Auction Live Blog | Streaming | Cricket News)
Cummins broke the previous highest-sale record set by Sam Curran in 2023 when the Englishman moved to Chennai Super Kings for 18.50 Crore INR. The Australian pacer also became the first player to break the 20 Crore barrier in IPL history and is currently the only individual to feature on the list of top-ten most-expensive IPL buys ever.
Previously, Rajasthan Royals bagged West Indian smasher Rovman Powell for 7.40 Crore INR while Delhi Capitals later thwarted a challenger from the Royals to secure the services of Harry Brook for 4 Crore INR. Steve Smith, Rilee Rossouw, Karun Nair, and Manish Pandey went unsold from Set 1. New Zealander Rachin Ravindra went to Chennai Super Kings for a meagre 1.8 Crore INR fee while Punjab Kings bought Harshal Patel for INR 11.75 Crore. South Africa's Gerald Coetzee signed with Mumbai Indians in a deal worth 5 Crore INR.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Players List For IPL 2024:
Full List Of Retained Players By SRH:
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande.
Full List Of Released Players By SRH:
Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Karthik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas.
Players traded out: Mayank Dagar
Players traded in: Shahbaz Ahmed
Players Bought: Travis Head (6.80 Crore INR), Pat Cummins (20.50 Crore INR)