File picture of Heinrich Klaasen (left) and Virat Kohli.© BCCI
The IPL 2025 retention noticed the franchises breaking banks for sure gamers. The likes of Virat Kohli and Henrich Klaasen obtained probably the most out of it. Kohli was retained for Rs 21 crore by Royal Challengers Bengaluru however his file of fetching highest retention quantity in IPL historical past was damaged by Heinrich Klaasen. The wicketkeeper-batter was retained by SunRisers Hyderabad for a large sum of Rs 23 crore. Klaasen thus grew to become the costiest participant ever retained in IPL. Earlier than this, the file was held by Kohli with a retention quantity of Rs 17 crore.
Take a look at 5 gamers with highest retention quantity forward of IPL 2025 –
– Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) – Rs 23 crore
– Virat Kohli (RCB) – Rs 21 crore
– Nicholas Pooran (LSG): Rs 21 crore
– Pat Cummins (SRH), Sanju Samson (RR), Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), Rashid Khan (GT), Jasprit Bumrah (MI), Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK), Ravindra Jadeja (CSK): Rs 18 crore every
Punjab Kings retained solely two gamers and they’re the franchise who paid the bottom quantity for his or her first decide. PBKS roped in Shashank Singh for Rs 5.5 crore and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 4 crore.
Defending champions KKR retained Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, and Varun Chakravarthy and it’s fascinating to notice that their first-choice retention Rinku was picked for Rs 13 crore.
Every franchise carried a mixed purse of Rs 120 crore for retention and the mega public sale. A group might have made a most of six retentions with the Proper To Match (RTM) card choice included in it.
A group additionally had the choice to launch all of their gamers and enter the mega public sale with six RTM playing cards, enabling them an choice to purchase again gamers at an unrestricted quantity.
(With PTI Inputs)
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