Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will reportedly retain Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins and Abhishek Sharma ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auctions.
According to ESPNcricinfo, South African Heinrich Klaasen will be SRH’s top retention and will get INR 23 crore. Australian Pat Cummins, who was the captain in IPL 2024, will be retained at INR 18 crore, with Indian youngster Abhishek Sharma will get INR 14 crore.
The report also adds that SRH are also looking to retain the services of Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
October 31 is the deadline for retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, which will be held later this year.
The IPL Governing Council has allowed each franchise to retain as many as six players, either through retention or Right to Match (RTM) option.
It is left to the discretion of the franchise to choose their combination for Retentions and Right to Match, picking either Indian or foreign players, However, the six retentions/RTMs can have a maximum of five capped players (Indian & Overseas) and a maximum of 2 uncapped players.
The auction purse for the franchises has been set at INR 120 crore for IPL 2025 and the total salary cap will now consist of auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. Previously in 2024, the total salary cap (auction purse + incremental performance pay) was Rs. 110 cr which will now be Rs. 146 Cr (2025), Rs. 151 Cr (2026) and Rs. 157 Cr (2027).
(More details awaited)
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