Australia’s Pat Cummins, the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), shattered records on Tuesday at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai by becoming the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League.
Mumbai Indians were interested in Cummins and joined the bidding battle for the first time, with a starting price of Rs 2 crore. MI supported while Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the bidding battle against CSK as the price went up. As it appeared like RCB would win the players, SRH entered the fray, and the next seconds saw a high-bidding war break out.
The whole stadium erupted in cheers as he crossed the 20 crore threshold. After RCB gave up, SRH paid Rs 20.50 crore to sign the Australian captain, who had won the World Cup, making Cummins the most expensive player in IPL history.
Sam Curran had held the record with an estimated cost of Rs 18.50 crore. After being traded to Punjab Kings, the World Cup and World Team Championship-winning skipper has now drastically altered the situation.
With a top stat of 3/15, he has claimed 55 wickets for Australia in 50 Twenty20 Internationals. His batting average was 16.90 He is also a valuable lower-order hitter having played in 128 T20 games total, with three fifties.