As expected, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) owner and CEO, Kavya Maran, was a popular talking point among the fans on the IPL 2024 auction day.
SRH had gone into the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai with a hefty purse of INR 34 crore, and consequently, Kavya Maran went on a shopping spree in the first couple of hours of the auction, targetting the big-name marquee players, the biggest of SRH’s acquisition was Australian ODI and Test captain and fast bowler, Pat Cummins.
Apart from his pace bowling, Cummins has also increased his reputation as a pace-hitter with the bat and an inspiring, successful captain this year with Australia.
Kavya was able to secure the services of Pat Cummins for the IPL 2024 auction at a bumper price of INR 20.5 crore, staving the competition with RCB. Cummins became the then most expensive IPL player ever, beating Sam Curran’s 18.5 crore price tag by Punjab Kings in the last auction. But this record stayed with Cummins for only about 90 minutes as KKR shelled out INR 24.75 crore for Mitchell Starc.
Sunrisers Hyderabad roped in two more international stars – Travis Head and Wanindu Hasaranga – and among their Indian acquisitions were Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Maharaj Singh, and Jhathavedh Subramanyam.
Net Worth Of SRH Owner Kavya Maran:
Kavya Maran’s reported net worth is INR 409 crore, as reported by Jan Bharat Times. Her father, Kalanithi Maran, has a reported net worth of INR 19,000 crore.
Kavya Maran is the CEO of SRH and the daughter of Kalanithi Maran, the chairman and founder of the Sun Group, which owns the SRH franchise.
Sunrisers Hyderabad squad after IPL 2024 auction:
SRH Players bought in IPL 2024 auction: Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Maharaj Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyam
Players retained: Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed (traded), Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazahaq Farooqi
