Heinrich Klaasen grew to become the highest-ever retention in Indian Premier League (IPL) historical past as IPL 2024 runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad introduced their checklist of the retained gamers forward of the upcoming IPL 2025 mega public sale. Captain Pat Cummins was additionally retained, alongside Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy and Travis Head. The auctions are reportedly to be held on the finish of November in Saudi Arabia. As per BCCI’s rule, all of the ten franchises had been requested to submit the ultimate checklist of their retained gamers by Thursday, October 31. Enjoying beneath the captaincy of Australia pacer Pat Cummins, SRH completed as the primary runners-up after dropping to Kolkata Knight Riders within the ultimate.
After reaching the ultimate in IPL 2024, SRH made headlines as stories got here out stating that South African wicket-keeper batter Klaasen could be given Rs 23 cr. The announcement proves the stories proper. Captain Pat Cummins has taken a Rs 2 cr pay-cut from his IPL 2024 charge.
Indian batter Abhishek Sharma and all-rounder Nitish Reddy had been two rising abilities for SRH in IPL 2024, and have been retained. Reddy has solely been retained for Rs 6 cr, compensating for Klaasen’s excessive charge.
Marauding Australian opener Travis Head was arguably the perfect batter in IPL 2024, and has been stored on for Rs 14 cr.
The retentions mark the tip of seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s time at SRH. He had been with the franchise since 2014.
The likes of Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen and T. Natarajan haven’t been retained. All these gamers might be extremely sought-after within the mega public sale.
PLAYERS RETAINED:
1. Pat Cummins (Rs 18 cr)
2. Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 cr)
3. Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 cr)
4. Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 cr)
5. Travis Head (Rs 14 cr)
AUCTION BUDGET: Rs 45 cr
RTMs accessible: 1
Gamers launched: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed , Wanindu Hasaranga, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
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