In the England player auction of The Hundred League 2026, the owner of the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad Kavya Maran bought Pakistani spinner Abrar Ahmed for Sunrisers Leeds for crores.
In this regard, Daniel Vettori, the coach of Sunrisers Leeds, the team of The Hundred, while talking to the British media, said that we have options, but Abrar Ahmed is our first choice.
Daniel Vettori said that Abrar Ahmed has a unique variety, especially domestic players have not seen it before.
He said that there was a lot of talk about Pakistan players but there was no instruction about not selecting them.
He said that we entered the auction with all the players and with all the players many good spinners of the international teams came forward.
It is worth noting that Indian-owned Sunrisers Leeds bought Abrar Ahmed for 190 thousand pounds, the Indian owners are also facing severe criticism for adding a cricketer from Pakistan to the team.
Many Pakistani players have signed up for the England Domestic Cricket tournament called The Hundred, but so far only 2 Pakistani players have been selected, including Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq.
Pakistan’s secret spinner Abrar Ahmed was signed by Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Leeds for £190,000 (about Rs. 7.12 million), while Birmingham Phoenix bought Pakistani spinner Usman Tariq for £1.40 million (about Rs. 5 million).
