'Becomes billionaire after demolishing Pakistan' - Twitter erupts as SRH grab Harry Brook for whopping INR 13.25 Crore

The in-form England player Harry Brook, who recently hit three Test centuries against Pakistan, was sold for Rs. 13.25 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad. After a bidding war between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad entered the competition and made the process even more interesting. At a point in time, it was a bidding war between SRH and RR as RCB opted out.

In the end, the SRH managed to win the bidding war. Brook, who was registered at a base price of Rs. 1.5 crore was finally sold for Rs. 13.25 crore. Brook has been in top form recently, not just in red-ball cricket but also in the white-ball format. He played a key role in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2022 and helped England lift the title last month.

Having played 99 T20 matches, Brook has scored 2432 runs at a strike rate of 148.38, with his highest score being an unbeaten 102*. He has 372 runs from 20 T20Is. The 23-year-old was not a part of the previous IPL edition but turned out to be one of the biggest attractions of the IPL 2023 auctions.

Starting at Rs. 1.50 crore, the bidding war ended when raised the stakes to Rs. 13.25 crore. Rajasthan Royals, who gave the toughest competition, had to bow out of the bidding war as SRH had the advantage of a bigger purse. Hyderabad entered the auction with a purse of Rs. 42.25 crore and went on to create a record by making their most expensive purchase.

Before the auctions, it was known that Brook would go for big numbers, but it was a surprise and a shock to see the Englishman cross the Rs. 10 crore mark in the bidding war. With former skipper Kane Williamson being released, Brook will add great depth to their batting lineup. The upcoming IPL season will surely be one to remember for Brook, as after providing a fiery start to the auctions, he will be looking to go all guns blazing at the IPL 2023.

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Here's how Twitter reacted:

Harry brook lighting it up at the auctions #IPLAuction

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) December 23, 2022

Broooooooooooooky lad 🙌🙌

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) December 23, 2022

Harry Brook, the all-format star, a long term investment and rightly getting good bids.

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 23, 2022

One hell of a month for Harry Brook! Well done champ!

Proved his mettle at the right time! #IPL2023Auction

— CricIndeed (@CricIndeed) December 23, 2022

The way kavya ma'am was happy after brook bid she definitely spent 20cr on him in mock auction 😂 #IPL2023Auction

— 𝐑. (@fanmahida) December 23, 2022

Harry Brook is gonna have the best Christmas of his life #IPL2023Auction

— Rahul Bhat (@maybornrahul) December 23, 2022

Man what a start to this auction!!!!
Harry brook is setting the auction on fire!!!!

13.25 cr to Srh!!

— Deepesh Kumar (@Deepesh38458556) December 23, 2022

At 23, Harry Brook has been sold for more than 13 CR 🥵🥵🥵

— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) December 23, 2022

Harry Brook Bagged a Big deal of Rs 1325 Lac in First 30 min Of IPL 2023 mini Auction
Brook Goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad#IPL2023Auction #miniauction #IPL2023

— Aman (@Fantasypreneur) December 23, 2022

12cr+ for harry brook
Kavya maran has arrived 😍

— Ali Reza (@Are_razaaa) December 23, 2022

A nice bidding war between #RR & #SRH for Harry Brook. #IPL2023Auction

— Salman Nasir (@SalmanNasir7781) December 23, 2022

RR entered the auction with 13.2 Cr

Harry Brook with RR at 13Cr now, but Kavya mam says he's mine

Harry Brook sold to SRH for 13.25Cr#HarryBrook #IPLAuction

— Karthik Rao (@Cric_Karthikk) December 23, 2022

Harry brook #HarryBrook #IPL2023Auction pic.twitter.com/0vVuqA8v3h

— suryadhfm 😎 (@Suryadhfm16) December 23, 2022