The player auction of England’s franchise cricket league ‘The Hundred’ took place on Thursday (March 12). In this auction, Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Leeds bid 1.90 lakh pounds (about Rs 2.34 crore) for Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed. Abrar became the first Pakistani player to be bought by an Indian-owned team in The Hundred auction. Apart from him, bid was also placed on Usman Tariq but he was bought by Birmingham Phoenix. The ownership of this team is with Warwickshire County and American Investor Group.
After buying Abrar, Kavya Maran and her Sunrisers franchise have come under attack from critics. Kavya is being severely criticized. Fans are angry that why did the Indian owned team buy the team which has always spewed venom against India? After the uproar, the team’s head coach Daniel Vettori said that Adil Rashid was our priority. When we could not buy them, we turned to foreign spinners. 4-5 players were spotted and Abrar was one of them.
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Who else did Sunrisers Leeds buy?
Sunrisers Leeds, owned by Kavya Maran, made the highest bid for Dan Lawrence. England batsman Dan Lawrence was bought by the franchise for 2 lakh 10 thousand pounds (about Rs 2 crore 58 lakh). Apart from this, Sunrisers Leeds also spent huge amount on Jack Crowley and South African Ryan Rickleton. Crawley was sold for 1 lakh 80 thousand pounds, while the bid for Rickleton was 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees.
Kavya Maran also bid for Matthew Potts (75 thousand pounds) and Benjamin Howell (50 thousand pounds). Sunrisers Leeds bought Tom Lawes for 40 thousand pounds, while included Tom Aslop, Liam Patterson-White, Reece Topley and Edward Bernard in their team for 31 thousand pounds each.
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Sunrisers Leeds squad – Harry Brook, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Ellis, Brydon Carse, Ryan Rickleton, Jack Crawley, Matthew Potts, Dan Lawrence, Abrar Ahmed, Benjamin Howell, Tom Laws, Tom Aslop, Liam Patterson-White, Reece Topley, Ed Bernard
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