For the first time in IPL history..! Player sold for 20.50 crore!

Sowmiya Sriram
For the first time in IPL history..! Player sold for 20.50 crore!

Sunrisers hyderabad bid for World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins for Rs 20.50 crore after Pat Cummins led australia to win the world cup final against India. The bidding for the 17th season of the annual IPL is currently underway at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. IPL Chairman Arun Thumal inaugurated the event. mallika Sagar hosts the first ever men's IPL auction. The first player in this auction is west indies player Rovman Powell who has been auctioned on behalf of rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.40 crore. His base price is Rs.1 crore. It is noteworthy that earlier he played for delhi Capitals for Rs 2.80 crore. Harry Frooke of delhi Capitals was the second bid. Frooke, who played for Sunrisers hyderabad, was picked up by delhi for Rs 4 crore. In this situation, the much anticipated Travis Head has been auctioned by Sunrisers hyderabad for Rs 6.80 Crores. Travis Head was the main reason behind India's defeat in the 13th world cup final in India. His century made australia the champion for the 6th time.
Due to this, Travis Head was bought for Rs 6.80 crore while it was expected to fetch more than Rs 10 crore. In the tough competition between chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers hyderabad, Sunrisers hyderabad have knocked out Travis Head. It is noteworthy that hyderabad bid for the first player. Following him, RCB bid for spinner all-rounder Hasaranga for Rs 1.5 crore. Earlier, the Sri Lankan who played for RCB was bid for Rs 10.75 crore by royal challengers Bangalore, and Sunrisers hyderabad bid for Rs 15 crore.
Meanwhile, Sunrisers hyderabad have bid for India's World Cup-winning Pat Cummins for Rs 20.50 crore. This is the first time in IPL history that a player has been bid for more than 20 crores. Earlier, sam Curran was bid for Rs 18.50 crore by punjab Kings last season. This was the maximum amount. As a World Cup-winning captain, Pat Cummins is likely to be appointed as the captain of Sunrisers hyderabad in the upcoming 2024 IPL series. Sunrisers hyderabad foreign players have been picked up in today's auction. indian players will be bidding for the remaining 3 spots.


Players Retained in Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Indian Players:

Abdul Samad, abhishek Sharma, rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Ranveer Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, mayank agarwal, D Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, mayank Markande, upendra Singh, Yadav, Umban Malik, nitish kumar Reddy.

Foreign Players:

Aidan Markram, Marco Janssen, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klassen, Basalhaq Faruqi.

Foreign Players Bid:

Travis Head – Rs.6.80 crore

Hasaranga- Rs.1.5 Crore

Pat Cummins – Rs.20.50 Crores

The purse amount of Sunrisers hyderabad team is Rs.34 crores
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