SRH will also retain Travis Head and Nitish Reddy to complete five retentions.
All franchisees have to submit their respective retention lists by 31st October. Travis Head and Nitish Reddy Sunrisers Hyderabad had a stellar performance in IPL 2024. The team had scored the biggest total in IPL history of 287 runs against RCB. Not only this, SRH scored 250+ thrice during the tournament. However, even after reaching the finals, she could not win the trophy. They lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the title match. SRH has won the only title in 2016. Before the mega auction, all the franchises would like to choose their best squad. According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, Sunrisers Hyderabad have made their top three retentions in the form of Heinrich Klaasen, captain Pat Cummins and Abhishek Sharma. Along with this, the team will also retain Travis Head and Nitish Reddy. Let us tell you that in IPL 2024, Travis Head was the highest run-scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He scored 567 runs in 15 innings. On the other hand, Nitish Reddy also scored 303 runs in 11 innings in the middle order at a strike rate of 142.92. Maximum 6 players will be retained Talking about retention rules, a franchise can retain a maximum of six players including one uncapped player. The price of each player has been fixed and the top three capped players will get Rs 18 crore, Rs 14 crore and Rs 11 crore respectively. The next three players including the uncapped player will get Rs 18 crore, Rs 14 crore and Rs 4 crore respectively. However, the BCCI has given flexibility in the pricing process by allowing teams to be as flexible as they wish in salary allocation for players. Let us tell you that all-rounder Nitish Reddy has been included in the squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The selectors are seeing the potential of the next Hardik Pandya in him. And Nitish has also shown his ability. All franchisees have to submit their respective retention lists by 31st October.
‘We should have 6 to 8 retentions’, Harsha Bhogle said a big thing on the matter of retention of players in IPL
Commentator Harsha Bhogle has given his opinion on IPL retention Harsha Bhogle. (Photo Source: Twitter) The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League recently ended, where Kolkata Knight Riders won the title for the third time. The Shreyas Iyer-led team won the trophy by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. This season has just ended and the franchises have started preparing for the 18th edition of the tournament. Let us tell you that the first mega auction of IPL 2025 will be organized, in which each team will be allowed to retain limited players. The remaining players will have to come into the auction pool. Now famous commentator Harsha Bhogle has given his opinion on this issue. He believes that teams should be given the option to retain six to eight players instead of four. Apart from this, he asked the team to retain the stars they have discovered. Know what Harsha Bhogle said Harsha Bhogle said in a video on his YouTube channel, If we can maintain the sanctity of the purse then I think we should have six to eight retentions. KKR’s Venky Mysore has come up with a very practical suggestion, which is that you should be allowed to retain players if they have a fair market value, otherwise no retention but eight right-to-match cards. I know this will change the dynamics of the auction drastically, but it is something worth considering. At the same time, after the end of IPL 2024, Harsha Bhogle recently revealed his best playing XI. With four foreign players in the team, he picked Virat Kohli, Sunil Narayan, Sanju Samson and many other stars in his best XI. Bhogle’s Best XI Virat Kohli, Sunil Narine, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Trent Boult, T Natarajan.