Cummins goes to SRH for all-time IPL auction record INR 20.5 crore

Pat Cummins, Australia's ODI World Cup-winning captain, has become the most expensive player ever sold at an IPL auction, bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20.50 crore (US$2,470,000 approx). The previous record bid was Punjab Kings' INR 18.50 crore for England allrounder Sam Curran at the 2023 auction. Cummins had entered the closeout with a base cost of INR 2 crore, and the offering for him started between Chennai Super Lords and Mumbai Indians. As the bid sum rose, CSK contended with Regal Challengers Bangalore before the last fight for Cummins was battled among RCB and SRH. Cummins had skirted the 2023 IPL to zero in on worldwide cricket; his past closeout cost was INR 15.50 crore, when Kolkata Knight Riders got him in 2020. West Indies T20I skipper Rovman Powell was the unexpected enormous worker in the initial trades of the IPL 2024 player sell off, going to Rajasthan Royals for INR 7.4 crore after cutthroat offering with Kolkata Knight Riders. Royals spent the greater part of their bartering tote of INR 14.5 crore on Powell, whose past closeout cost was INR 2.8 crore when Delhi Capitals got him in 2022. Royals were additionally engaged with one more offering fight for Britain player Harry Creek, who was in the long run purchased by Delhi Capitals for INR 4 crore. Stream had been purchased for INR 13.25 crore in the 2023 sale by Sunrisers Hyderabad, who delivered him in front of this bartering. Sunrisers supplanted Stream by pursuing Australian hitter Travis Head, the Player of the Match in the ODI World Cup semi-last and last, whom they purchased for INR 6.8 crore after aggressive offering from Chennai Super Lords. Australian player Steven Smith and South African hitter Rilee Rossouw, who had recorded their base costs at INR 2 crore, and Indian players Manish Pandey and Karun Nair, were unsold in the principal set of covered players.