New Delhi: Before the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025, all 10 franchises have released the list of their retained players. Many big players have been released, including Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul. At the same time, Royal Challengers Bangalore retained only 3 players. This includes star batsman Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal. Virat was retained by RCB by paying Rs 21 crore. Despite this, Virat could not become the most expensive retained player of IPL 2025. In his place, South African explosive batsman Heinrich Klaasen won.
Heinrich Klaasen becomes the most expensive player of IPL 2025
Sunrisers Hyderabad's aggressive batsman Heinrich Klaasen surpassed RCB's Virat Kohli in the retention price of players by IPL teams. While Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 21 crore, Hyderabad retained its South African Heinrich Klaasen by paying Rs 23 crore. Klaasen had an amazing IPL 2024 season.
He scored 479 runs in 16 matches played in IPL 2024, batting at a stormy strike rate of 171. He batted at an average of 39. Klaasen also scored 4 half-centuries last season. His highest score was 80 not out in IPL 2024.
Who did Hyderabad retain before the IPL 2025 mega auction?
Sunrisers Hyderabad has retained a total of 5 players before the IPL 2025 mega auction. Heinrich Klaasen (23 crores), Pat Cummins (18 crores), Abhishek Sharma (14 crores), Travis Head (14 crores) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 crores) have been retained by Hyderabad. Now Sunrisers Hyderabad will enter the IPL 2025 mega auction with a purse of 45 crores.
