IPL Auction 2024 LIVE: Pat Cummins Joins Sunrisers Hyderabad For 20.5 Crore

Offering a whooping deal, Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday bought Australian cricketer Pat Cummins for 20 crore and 50 lakhs. Hyderabad won the bet after multiple bids from the counterparts Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, and Chennai Super Kings. It won't be wrong the say that Australia's World Cup-winning captain got the reward for leading his side amazingly.

With this contract, Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive player after Mitchell Starc for the Indian Premier League (IPL) upcoming edition. The Australian cricketer has participated in six editions of India's cash-rich league. In 42 matches, Pat Cummins scored 379 runs and picked up 45 wickets to help his side emerge victorious on numerous occasions.

In the first set of the IPL auction 2024, the Delhi Capitals picked English cricketer Harry Brook for a handsome amount of Rs 4 crore. Hard hitter, Harry, opens the inning for England. He collected 3019 runs in 125 T20 matches at an average of 33.17 and a powerful strike rate of over 150. The talented young gun has the potential to score big in the shortest format of the game.

He made a dream start in international cricket, emerging as a star for England in the T20 World Cup victory in November 2022.

The Englishman was associated with the Sunrisers Hyderabad, who signed him for a whopping Rs 13.25 crore but released this time after a disappointing run in IPL 2023.

In the IPL auction 2024 process, 333 players will go under the hammer to fill 77 vacant spots in ten teams namely Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Gujarat Titans (GT), Mumbai Indians (MI), Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG).

IPL auction 2024 is being held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE. This is the first time that a woman auctioneer Mallika Sagar is hosting the bidding process.