Former Sunrisers Hyderabad player Kane Williamson has been sold to Gujarat Titans for his base price of Rs 2 Crore at the IPL Auction 2023. On the other hand, Harry Brook whose base price was 1.5 crore was sold for a whopping price of 13.25 crores to SRH.
In his IPL career, Williamson has played 76 played and has scored 2101 runs with the highest score of 89 and an average of 36.22. He has smashed 18 fifties so far.
The England star player Brook who was named the player of the series in both T20 & Test series against Pakistan recently was sold to SRH after an intense bidding war between Rajasthan Royals.
Brian Lara, who is the head coach of SRH, said they went for Brook, keeping in mind finisher's role.
"With the absence of Pooran, we were looking at someone who could finish the game for us. He is a very good batter. Harry Brook's exploits around the world has shown that he has the capability of doing it. It will take time for him to get into the groove but the expectation is pretty high and I believe that's he's a great choice," he said.
"First of all, he's played in Asian conditions. He just played Tests in Paksitan, he played in the Pakistan Super League. Those kind of experiences will serve him well in a place like India. I think he has that advantage," Lara said.
"He also comes from a very strong and confident environment, playing Test cricket under Brendon McCullum and winning the World Cup (T20). We have somebody who is growing accustomed to winning and that's also a big asset," he concluded.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Squad:
Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Kartik Tyagi, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Vivrant Sharma, Aiden Markram, Adil Rashid, Mayank Dagar, Glenn Phillips, Akeal Hosein, Mayank Markande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, and Samarth Vyas
Gujarat Titans Full Squad:
Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Shivam Mavi, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, R Sai Kishore, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Mohit Sharma, Odean Smith, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, and Pradeep Sangwan
