Pat Cummins grabbed the headlines and became the most trending name as he became the most expansive overseas player to be bought by a franchisee at the IPL 2020 auctions which happened in Kolkata today. The Australian pacer was bought for a whopping 15.50 crore by the Kolkata Knight Riders. The team also bought Eoin Morgan at the price tag of Rs 1.5 crore. Needless to say, the head coach Brendon McCullum was quite happy with the big buy and expressed his happiness on social media and tagged both the players. Pat Cummins then indulged into a funny banter with the Baz. IPL 2020 Player Auction, As It Happened: Full List of Cricketers Sold At the Indian Premier League Bidding Event.

"Absolutely pumped to be back on board, KKR. I can't wait to work with Baz McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Can't wait to get over there," said Pat Cummins after being bought by KKR in a video message for the fans. Now let’s check out the hilarious banter between Pat Cummins and Brendon McCullum.

Another tweet

Cummins, 26, has played 16 IPL matches. So far in his IPL career has picked up 17 wickets in the lucrative tournament at an average of 29.35. He has the best bowling figures of 2/20 in the tournament.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 19, 2019 09:57 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).