Sunrisers Hyderabad continued their shopping spree in the IPL auction as they bought the World Cup 2023 match winner, Travis Head and the team’s Captain Pat Cummins in the IPL 2024 auction.
Hyderabad spent a huge amount of 20.50 crores, which is the second highest price in the history of IPL on Cummins. Sunrisers Hyderabad welcomed the opening batsman Travis Head and the Sri Lankan spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga for 6.8 and 1.5 crores respectively.
Cummins had opted out of the IPL 2023 season for workload management (for the world test championship and World Cup 2023). Due to which he was released by KKR who welcome him for 15.5 crore. Cummins has registered 45 wickets in the IPL at an economy rate of 8.54 along with 359 runs.
Check out Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for IPL 2024
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Mayank Agarwal, Mayank Markande, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad (T), T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Upendra Singh Yadav, Washington Sundar
Signed during the auction: Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Jaydev Unadkat, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan
