The much-awaited IPL 2023 mini-auction has finally kickstarted at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kochi. A total of 405 players will go under the hammer as all the 10 teams will be now going head to head against each other to fill up their vacant 87 slots. While all the focus is on the England T20 World Cup-winning duo of Ben Stokes and Sam Curran as they are expected to fetch the biggest price at the IPL Auction 2023, however, England batsman Harry Brook has already stolen all the limelight as he was sold to SunRisers Hyderabad for a whopping amount of INR 13.25 crore after an intense bidding war between many franchises in the first set.
As soon as Harry Brook’s name was called, it sparked a massive bidding war. Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad engaged in a bidding match for Brook. Eventually, it was SunRisers Hyderabad who bought him for INR 13.25 crore.
Here, in this article, we bring you some interesting facts about Harry Brook:
1. The right-handed is an active player for England national team. He has played 4 Tests and 20 T20Is for England so far.
2. Brook also played for England in ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
3. Brook has also played 20 T20Is for England, amassing 372 runs at an average of 26.57 and a strike rate of 137+. has also hit 1 half-century in the shortest format.
4. He is yet to play any ODI match for England.
5. While Brook plays for Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash League and Lahore Qalandars in Pakistan Super League, however, he has not played in the Indian Premier League so far.
6. He recently won the T20I Player of the Series vs Pakistan and Test Player of the Series vs Pakistan.
7. In Men’s Tests only Mohammad Azharuddin has reached three Test hundreds in fewer innings than Harry Brook.
8. Brook played his first away Test series against Pakistan and scored 3 hundreds in 3 matches.
9. He also completed his 700 runs in Harry Brook completed 700 runs in the Pakistan series.
