Australia ke kaptaan Pat Cummins ne IPL auction mein kuch kamkaj nahi kiya. Pahle toh unhone IPL itihas mein sabse mehnga khiladi banna ka gaurav hasil kiya jab unki keemat Rs 20 crore se upar chali gayi. Sunrisers Hyderabad ne Cummins ko Rs 20.5 crore mein kharida. Cummins ne Punjab Kings ke English all-rounder Sam Curran ko peeche chhod diya, jo pichhle saal ke auction mein Rs 18.5 crore mein kharida gaya tha.
Lekin thoda sa samay baad, Cummins ke saathi, Mitchell Starc, ne KKR ke liye lajawab Rs 24.75 crore mein deal kar li!
Cummins ke case mein, CSK aur MI ke beech ek bidding yudh hua, fir RCB ne daura kia. Thode hi samay baad, SRH bhi isse jud gaya.
RCB aur SRH ne fir kisi tivr bidding yudh mein shamil kiya, jo kavi samvedana se bharpur tha. SRH ne peeche hatne ka naatak nahi kiya aur ant mein Cummins ko pakad liya.
“Kisi aur ko bhi use bahut chahiye tha; isi wajah se uski keemat itni badh gayi. Kyunki hamari team thoda sa stabil thi, hamare paas budget tha, aur hamne pehle hi Travis Head aur Wanindu Hasaranga ko chun liya tha, humne auction mein chahiye cheezein sab cover kar li thi, isliye hamare paas itni kharch karne ki kshamata thi,” kaha SRH ke head coach Daniel Vettori.
Is tezi se gendbaaz ne pehle Delhi Capitals aur fir Kolkata Knight Riders mein khela tha. KKR ne use 2020 ke auction mein tab ka record todne wale Rs 15.5 crore mein sign kiya tha. Cummins ko do seasons baad franchise ne riha kiya aur use lagbhag ek million dollar (Rs 7.25 crore) mein wapas kharid liya.
Cummins ne KKR ke liye 2022 mein Mumbai Indians ke khilaf khelte hue 14 ball mein half-century banaya, jo ki IPL mein doosre sabse tez fifty mein shamil hai.
IPL mein 42 matchon mein Cummins ne 45 wickets li hai, jisme unki economy rate 8.54 hai aur unhone 359 runs bhi banaye hain.
Cummins ne June mein Australia ko World Test Championship title jitaya, uske baad England mein Ashes ko bhi jita, aur fir ghar mein India ko harakar ODI World Cup jeeta.
Cummins is saal Kolkata Knight Riders ke sath bhag nahi liye the, jisme unhone Bharat Test tour, World Test Championship final, Ashes aur ODI World Cup jaise bhaari workload ki wajah se hat gaye the.
Cummins ne kaha ki 2024 IPL, T20 World Cup ke liye anukool taiyari ho gi, jo IPL ke final ke kuch dinon baad shuru hone wala hai.
“Maine mehka T20 cricket khela nahi hai aur kuch taur par maine mehka T20 cricket apne liye achha nahi khela hai, isliye mujhe lagta hai ki 2024 IPL mere liye behtareen taiyari hoga,” unhone kaha.
SRH ne auction ki shuruaat Rs 34 crore ke sath ki thi, lekin Cummins, Travis Head, aur Wanindu Hasaranga ko kharidne ke baad, unke paas ab sirf Rs 5.2 crore bache hain.
