IPL 2024: Five Most Expensive Players in Auction

 2. Pat Cummins

Eyes were set on Australia’s One-Day International (ODI) and Test skipper Pat Cummins in the auction and he became a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), for a massive sum of INR 20.50 crore. The Aussie quick surpassed England all-rounder Sam Curran and became IPL’s most expensive player. He held the tag until his compatriot Mitchell Starc received a whopping amount from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Sunrisers beat RCB in a fierce battle on the auction table to sign up the star Aussie player. Cummins’ scintillating captaincy and bowling display in the World Test Championship (WTC) and the 2023 World Cup helped him pull off the lucrative contract. The 30-year-old will support Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umran Malik to reinforce SRH’s fast-bowling unit in the upcoming tournament.

In the previous IPL edition, SRH ended up at the bottom of the points table, under Aiden Markram. This time, the Hyderabad-based outlet might trust Cummins to lead the team as he has proven his captaincy mettle by helping his national team win a couple of International Cricket Council (ICC) titles.