The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) owner Kaviya Maran was elated and beamed with happiness as she was able to secure the services of Australia’s Travis Head in the IPL 2024 auction for a good budget price of INR 6.8 crore.
The IPL 2024 auction took place on Tuesday in Dubai. Kaviya Maran was straightaway in the action and hogged all the limelight in the first hour of the auction by not only buying Travis Head, but also breaking the bank for Pat Cummins, buying him for a record price of INR 20.5 crore, making Cummins the most expensive player in IPL auction history ever.
Kaviya Maran, the daughter of Kalanithi Maran, who is the chairman and founder of the Sun Group, which owns the SRH franchise, stood calm and adamant in fulfilling her wishlist of buying Travis Head and Pat Cummins. Fans swooned over her cute smile and jolly demeanor.
Check out the reaction of Kaviya Maran after buying Travis Head:
Travis Head has been in red-hot form since last year and has walked into the Australian folklore in 2023. He was the Man of the Match in Australia’s win in the WTC Final vs India, the World Cup 2023 semi-final vs South Africa, and the final vs India.
Head was part of the IPL in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, playing for RCB, but didn’t have any notable contribution. His stunning form in 2023, especially in the World Cup 2023 in India, forced SRH and CSK to bid for Head. SRH and CSK were the only two teams who bid for Head because almost all teams have their opening combination very settled.
It remains a bit baffling to the fans that SRH went hard after Head despite already having the likes of Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, and Aiden Markram as their top 4.
Anyway, Travis Head will enjoy his big payday of INR 6.8 crore from Kaviya Maran.
