Swiggy Trolls SRH By Calculating Hyderabadi Biryani On Pat Cummins IPL 2024 Amount
New Delhi: Food delivery partner Swiggy has compared Pat Cummins’ Indian Premier League auction amount with Hyderabad Biryani after Sunrisers brought Australia captain for 20.5 crore in the ongoing IPL mini-auction on Tuesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad came into the headlines after the but Cummins for a whopping 2.05 crore. The World Cup-winning skipper becomes the most expensive buy in the history of the cash-rich league. The tweet of food delivery partner has gone viral in no time, here is the post.
you can get around 7 lakh hyderabadi biryanis for 20.50cr
— Swiggy (@Swiggy) December 19, 2023
Sunrisers Hyderabad entered the auction with 34 crores and 9 slots to fill (6 Indians and 3 overseas). However, the Hyderabad-based franchise spent almost 28 crores for just 3 players as they brought in Pat Cummins for 20.50 crores, Travis Head for 6.80 crores, and Wanindu Hasaranga for 1.50 crores.
The SRH side look quite sorted now and still have somewhere around 6 crores to bag in 6 Indian players. The side already had big names like Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, and Washington Sundar.
As the bids surpassed the 15-crore mark, the competition heated up, prompting SRH to elevate their offer to 17 crore. Crossing the Rs 18.5 crore mark, Cummins claimed the title of the IPL’s priciest player in history, surpassing Sam Curran’s record sale of Rs 18.50 crore in the 2023 auction.
Yet, the competition remained tight with RCB pushing the bid to Rs. 19.25 Cr. Eventually, SRH surged ahead, reaching Rs. 20 Cr. The bidding war escalated further to Rs. 20.50 Cr, securing Pat Cummins for the team. This marked the inaugural breach of the 20-crore barrier in an IPL auction.