The auction list had as many as 11 players from Hyderabad, but none could find a taker. Sunrisers Hyderabad bought wicket-keepers Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha and Kiwi opener Martin Guptill at Tuesday’s auctions.
They could have bought a couple of local players to fill the two remaining slots, but decided not to. The likes of Rohit Rayudu and B. Sandeep who did well in the Vijay Hazare trophy must have felt disappointed.
On the other hand, three players from Andhra — Hanuma Vihari (Rs 2 crore to Delhi), B. Ayyappa (Rs 20 lakh to Delhi) and Prithviraj Yarra (Rs 20 lakh to Kolkata) — were bought by other franchisees. The only local player in the Sunrisers’ current line-up is Andhra’s Ricky Bhui who was bought at last year’s auction.
The owners of Sunrisers are from Chennai and they seem to have no local inclination!
Unsold:
- Chama Milind l Rohit Rayudu l Akshath Reddy
- B. Sandeep l Akash Bhandari l Tanmay Agarwal l K. Sumanth
- M. Ravi Kiran l Sudeep Tyagi l Mehdi Hasan
- T. Ravi Teja
