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Fans left stunned as Hyderabad bag Harry Brook for an unbelievable amount (Image Source: Twitter)
The Indian T20 League 2023 is fast approaching and the teams are giving it their all to get things sorted in the mini-auction that took place on December 23, Friday, in Kochi. While New Zealand star Kane Williamson went to the Gujarat franchise for just INR 2 crore, Harry Brook, the English star, went to the Hyderabad franchise for a whopping INR 13.25 crore.
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With over 42 crore INR in the bank, the Hyderabad franchise went all out for the Three Lions allrounder and eventually bagged him for the whopping price, when the least expected. The Hyderabad franchise released their skipper Williamson ahead of the auction and eventually had a squad size of 12.
While the likes of Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green, Jason Holder and Odean Smith were expected to go for the highest bid, Brook, out of nowhere, bagged the whopping amount and stunned everyone on a crucial day. With the big names yet to come, it remained to be seen if the teams would make any changes after witnessing the strategic moves of the Hyderabad team.
Harry Brook’s impressive T20 record
The right-handed batter has played 99 matches in the T20s and has gathered 2432 runs, at an average of 33 and a strike rate of around 148. Given that Hyderabad were in desperate need of an attacking batter, Brook will go down as one of the best buys for the team in the ongoing mini-auction.
To add more to Hyderabad’s outing from Set 1, post buying the English allrounder for a whopping amount, the team went all out yet again, but this time for an Indian player. Mayank Agarwal, the skipper of the Punjab team in the previous edition, was released ahead of the mini-auction.
With around 29 crore in the purse money, the Orange brigade left no stone unturned for the Indian star and eventually got involved in a strategic war with the MS Dhoni-led Chennai franchise. With them opting out of the bid with Hyderabad at 8.25 crore, the opener was roped into the Orange brigade for the upcoming season.
What a clown srh is. They will end up in 10th position
— Deshpande (@AndroidGamingP3) December 23, 2022
Idk why but I think Rajasthan knew that SRH won't pull out that's why they kept on bidding
— Indian cricket fan🇮🇳 (@cricket_ict) December 23, 2022
Kavya supremacy
— .... (@SACHINP66986272) December 23, 2022
BEST STEAL EVER!! Smart move by RR
— Aayush Jain (@Dankaayush) December 23, 2022
With all due respect, this is too much money for a player like brook 😭
— Rohit Kumar (@skipperrkohli) December 23, 2022
Good player but not much worth to this amt
— Juilius Sneezer (@itsmewhocares11) December 23, 2022
Rr le leta to maza aa jata😂
— VK18 (@SG_1511) December 23, 2022
Overvalued
— Rahul (@Rahul_Dhere99) December 23, 2022
RR was about to do blunder here for going with Brook
— Smp Santoshhh mohann Phukannn (@SmpPhukan) December 23, 2022
not worth the money
— Sagar Nandal (@SagarNandal14) December 23, 2022