SRH decide to retain Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins and Abhishek Sharma ahead of IPL auction
SRH's Abhishek Sharma ecstatic after taking a wicket vs RR (Source: BCCI)
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) has all but finalised their retentions ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction in December later this year. SRH has decided to retain South African powerp-hitter Heinrich Klaasen, Aussie Pat Cummins and India youngster Abhishek Sharma.
The development was reported by cricket news website ESPNCricinfo which also mentioned that SRH is also in the final stage of finalising the retention of Aussie opener Travis Head and India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy.
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Among Klaasen, Cummins and Abhishek, the Proteais the first-choice retention for INR 23 crore (US $2.74 million approx.), the Aussie comes second at INR 18 crore (US $2.14 million approx.) while the Indian is last at INR 14 crore (US $1.67 million approx).
Cummins, who also led SRH last season, is also expected to continue to do the skipper duties this season as well. The Aussie had a brilliant season as a bowler as well, taking 18 wickets in 16 games he played - the second highest for the team.
Sharma, the youngster who made his India debut on the back of IPL performance, had hit 484 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 204.21 - the best among top 10 run getters of the 2024 season.
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Head, on the other hand, had hit 567 runs in 15 innings at a strike rate of 191.55. He was the fourth-highest run-getter of the season overall.
Klaasen, meanwhile, scored 479 runs in 15 innings at a strike rate of 171.07 - the third most for SRH behind Head and Sharma.
Nitish also played a crucial role in middle for SRH, scoring 303 runs at 142.92 and taking three wickets as well.
SRH had a brilliant season last year, finishing second in league stage with eight wins in 14 games - largely thanks for the explosive batting of Head and Sharma up the order and Klaasen in the middle.
They eventually ended up as runners up after losing the final against Kolkata Knight Riders.
