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Heinrich Klaasen will be retained as the first player for Rs 23 crore.
South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen leads the retention list of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for IPL 2025. According to Cricinfo, Clausen will be retained as the first player for Rs 23 crores. Current runner-up SRH will retain Australian all-rounder and franchise captain Pat Cummins as the second player (for Rs 18 crore) and Indian all-rounder Abhishek Sharma as the third player (for Rs 14 crore) in the retention list.
According to Cricinfo, SRH may also retain Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy. The deadline for IPL retention is 31st October. The auction for the next season is to be held later this year.
Cummins will remain the captain of the team in 2025 also Hyderabad had bought Pat Cummins last season for Rs 20.50 crore. He is the second most expensive player in IPL history. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Hyderabad reached the final last year. But this time the team will spend the most money on Clausen. Cummins will remain the captain of the team in 2025 also.
Clausen scored 479 runs in 16 matches In IPL 2024, Clausen scored 479 runs in 16 matches. He was third in terms of runs after Head and Abhishek. Abhishek had scored 484 runs in 16 matches. Head, who opened with Abhishek, scored the highest number of 567 runs for the team last season.
IPL’s new retention rule Now franchise teams can retain 6 players before the IPL mega auction. In which maximum 5 international and 2 uncapped players can be included. International player can be from any country, but uncapped player must be from India only.
Suppose, Mumbai Indians retained 5 international players, then the team will now be able to retain only an uncapped player as the sixth player. Whereas if the team retains 4 international players, then they will have the option to retain 2 uncapped players.
6 players will be able to be retained for Rs 79 crore The purse limit of IPL teams has also been increased to Rs 120 crore, earlier it was Rs 100 crore. Rs 18 crore will be spent on retaining the first player, Rs 14 crore on the second player and Rs 11 crore on the third player. If only 3 players are retained then Rs 43 crore will be spent from the purse.
If teams retain the fourth player, they will have to pay him only Rs 18 crore. And Rs 14 crore will have to be spent for the fifth player. It will cost only Rs 4-4 crore to retain an uncapped player. The last date for submitting player retention is 31 October 2024 till 5 pm.
If teams retain 5 internationals and one uncapped player, then Rs 79 crore will be spent from their purse. If the teams retain 4 international and 2 uncapped players, then Rs 69 crore will be spent from the purse. If only 5 international players are retained then Rs 75 crore will be spent from the purse. Teams are allowed to divide the capped retention pot of Rs 75 crore among the five capped players as per their wish.
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