‘Player for a reason’ – Fans react as SRH acquires Pat Cummins, second most expensive buy in IPL history at Rs 20.50 Cr

Australia skipper Pat Cummins has become second most expensive player in the history of the IPL after he was brought to Sunrises Hyderabad in 20.5 crores in the IPL 2024 auction on December 19 in Dubai. Notably, the right-arm seamer possesses the match-winning abilities that attracted SRH owner Kavya Maran to get him into her franchise.

Notably, SRH had an awful edition in IPL 2024 despite spending the most amount in the auction. The franchise finished at the bottom of the points table in the last edition, but they seemed determined for the upcoming edition. Meanwhile, SRH also got Travis Head for 6.8 crores, while they also got Wanindu Hasaranga for 1.5 crores in their franchise for the next IPL.

Meanwhile, Pat Cummins was the winning skipper of the World Test Championship Final and the ODI World Cup 2023 Final after defeating a strong Indian side in the final game to win the title. Moreover, the right-arm seamer also proved the batting order in the lower order, which will be a big boost for SRH in the IPL 2024.

Pat Cummins expressed his happiness after SRH brought him in IPL 2024 Auction

Meanwhile, there was a fierce bidding war between Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, and Chennai Super Kings for Pat Cummins; however, Sunrises Hyderabad had brought him for the whooping amount of 20.5 crores.

Meanwhile, Pat Cummins shared a wonderful video and expressed his happiness after SRH brought him into their franchise for a substantial amount.

Watch out here:

Pat Cummins talking about on joining Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

– The most expensive player in IPL history..!!!!pic.twitter.com/BDatdnsP86

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) December 19, 2023

Check out how fans have reacted to Pat Cummins sold:

Player for a reson 💯🫶

— Berlin 🇩🇪 (@AsnanSays) December 19, 2023

Most expensive in IPL history

— Hriday Singh (@hridaysingh16) December 19, 2023

He didn't deserve that much 😞, over hyped player

— Manoj Kumar 🕉️🇮🇳 (@manoj_begu) December 19, 2023

Mei hota toh nahin kharidta!! Chutiya IPL waale

— Anonymous (@___iamanonymous) December 19, 2023

Great

— Theory of Life (@TheoryofLifeai) December 19, 2023

This IPL is going to be fun
Let's see what happens next?

it was amazing 🏏🏏🤣

— बदहवासゞ (@badhwaas) December 19, 2023

RCB wanted to spend its 90% purse on Cummins, imagine if SRH had pulled out at 20 crore

— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) December 19, 2023

RCB ne Chunna Lagaya

— FELIX (@felixmakwana) December 19, 2023

SRH retained and released list – IPL 2024 Auction

Here is the full list of players released by the SunRisers Hyderabad ahead of the IPL 2024 mini-auction –

• Karthik Tyagi
• Harry Brook
• Akeal Hosein
• Mayank Dagar (Traded to RCB)
• Adil Rashid
• Samarth Vyas
• Vivrant Sharma

Here is the full list of players SRH retained ahead of the IPL 2024 mini-auction –

• Sanvir Singh
• Upendra Singh Yadav
• Abdul Samad
• Mayank Agarwal
• Umran Malik
• Washington Sundar
• Rahul Tripathi
• Abhishek Sharma
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Aiden Markram (c)
• Marco Jansen
• Glenn Phillips
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Heinrich Klaasen (wk)
• Mayank Markande
• Anmolpreet Singh
• Nitish Kumar