The Hundred Kavya Maran Abrar Ahmed: Pakistani spinner Abrar Ahmed was bought by Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred 2026 auction and after this it seemed as if there was an earthquake in Indian cricket. Indian fans are very angry with this decision. The question is, why was there a need to buy this spinner from Pakistan? The reason for this has come to light. Sunrisers Leeds coach Daniel Vettori has given the reason for this. Sunrisers Leeds coach said that his team wanted to buy England leg spinner Adil Rashid but Southern Braves bought him and the Leeds franchise immediately changed the strategy and bought Abrar. The franchise is seeing this as a success somewhere.
This is the reason for buying Pakistan’s spinner Abrar
Daniel Vettori said, ‘Initially our priority was Adil Rashid but after he missed, we focused on the foreign spinner. We were considering four-five players and Abrar Ahmed He was one of them, we are happy to have him. Vettori also revealed that the Sunrisers Leeds team did not discuss the issue of not buying Pakistani players. Vettori said, ‘We had made plans for all the players included in the auction. There was no discussion on not selecting Pakistani players. We just talked about which is the best option.
The issue of buying Abrar Ahmed was also discussed with Australian players. Vettori said, ‘Abrar is a mysterious bowler, many English players have never seen him before. According to the reviews received from Australian players, Abrar is difficult to face, he has many types of balls and can bowl well in powerplay and middle overs.
Kavya Maran gave a big price to Abrar
Abrar Ahmed has been bought by Kavya Maran for a huge price of Rs 2.3 crores. Abrar Ahmed gets the same amount of money in Pakistan Super League also. Abrar Ahmed is the first Pakistani player to be bought by an Indian owner associated with any IPL in any T20 league. Pakistani players last played in IPL in the year 2009, since then Pakistani players have been banned. But in The Hundred, the Sunrisers team has taken a controversial decision by betting on him. Sunrisers franchise is being criticized everywhere. Now it remains to be seen how the Sunrisers franchise handles this matter.