Sunrisers Leeds Signs Pakistani Spinner Abrar Ahmed and Then Their Twitter Just Vanishes
Yeah you read that right. Abrar Ahmed, Pakistan’s mystery spinner, gets snapped up by Sunrisers Leeds for £190,000 and suddenly the team’s official X account disappears into the void. Hours after the signing, poof, gone. Suspended. The internet collectively lost it.
Abrar becomes the first Pakistani player to join an Indian-owned franchise in The Hundred and of course chaos follows. Fans explode online. Hashtags calling for boycotts of IPL connections start trending. The drama was instantaneous.
Meanwhile, other Pakistani players had quieter nights. Usman Tariq joins Birmingham Phoenix for £140,000 with zero fuss. Big names like Haris Rauf, Saim Ayub, and Shadab Khan go unsold. Shaheen Shah Afridi didn’t even enter. On the women’s side, Fatima Sana and Sadia Iqbal are left hanging.
The Hundred auction had other fireworks too. Mustafizur Rahman lands at Birmingham Phoenix for £100,000. James Coles breaks the bank at £390,000 with London Spirit. Money flies, players move, the stakes are high, but nothing had this kind of spicy side story.
The Abrar Ahmed moment? Legendary. It proves franchise cricket isn’t just about runs and wickets anymore. It’s politics, social media chaos, and pure spectacle. Fans are yelling, analysts are sweating, and a single Twitter account suspension somehow became the headline of the entire draft.
Love it, hate it, or just watching the show, this is The Hundred 2026 at its absolute messiest.
