Returning to the IPL after a break of one season, Australia captain Pat Cummins saw the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) break the bank and make him the most expensive player in the history of the IPL by splurging INR 20.5 crore (US$2.4 million) in the IPL 2024 auction.
Pat Cummins, who had previously enjoyed an expensive payday of INR 15.5 crore by KKR in 2020 after which he bought a $9.8 Million mansion near a beach in Sydney, would now be looking to buy more real estate properties with what is the highest ever bid in the history of the IPL.
Pat Cummins had a terrific year as Australia’s captain. Under Cummins, Australia defeated India in the WTC Final, retained the Ashes, and won the World Cup 2023 in India, with Cummins delivering a terrific spell in the final against India.
Net worth of Pat Cummins after being bought for INR 20.5 crore by SRH:
Australia captain Pat Cummins’ net worth is $43 Million, which was shot by $2.4 million as SRH bought him for INR 20.5 crore in the IPL 2024 auction.
It was Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) who started bidding for Pat Cummins from his base price of INR 2 crore and took it to 5 crore where RCB entered as MI backed out, and then CSK, too, backed out.
From INR 8 crore began a fierce bidding wars between RCB and SRH, both franchises raising their paddles quickly and not relenting even as they crossed Sam Curran’s last auction’s record of INR 18.5 crore. In the end, SRH’s Kaviya Maran was able to secure the services of Cummins for a whopping INR 20.5 crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Purse available: INR 5.2 crore
Current squad: Aiden Markram Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed (Traded from RCB), Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazahaq Farooqi, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins
Bought: Travis Head (6.8 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (1.5 Cr), Cummins (20.5 Cr)
