IPL 2024 Auction: Pat Cummins becomes most expensive player of all time as Sunrisers Hyderabad make Rs 20.5 crore bid

Pat Cummins became the most expensive player in IPL history after he was bought for Rs 20.5 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)in the IPL 2024 auction on Tuesday. There was a massive bidding war for the Australia all-rounder who recently captained his country to the 2023 ODI World Cup trophy. Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians also made bids for Cummins but SRH landed the player with a record-breaking bid. IPL 2024 AUCTION LIVE UPDATES Pat Cummins broke the IPL Auction record of Sam Curran who was bought by Rs 18.5 crore in the 2023 auction by Punjab Kings. He will be joined at the franchise by his Aussie teammate Travis Head who was bought by SRH for Rs 6.8 crore as the team rebuilds its squad. Cummins soon reacted to his record-breaking deal through a video on SRH’s X (formerly Twitter) account.

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 PAT 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 🧡

Welcome, Cummins! 🫡#HereWeGOrange pic.twitter.com/qSLh5nDbLM

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) December 19, 2023

“Pumped to be joining SRH for the upcoming IPL season. Heard a lot about Orange Army. I have played at Hyderabad a few times and always loved it so can’t wait to get started. Great to see another Aussie Travis Head over there as well. I think we are going to have a lot of fun this season and hopefully plenty of success,” he said.