The Indian Premier League (IPL) over the years has given rise to many young cricketers. The rich cash league is one of the toughest T20 leagues in the world. It has been one of the most entertaining leagues in the world. The T20 league has provided some exciting matches throughout these years. The fans saw some records broken in the last season as well.
The upcoming season will be much more exciting. The franchises will be re-shuffled with the mega auction coming up. The 10 teams can only retain four cricketers and do one Right-to-Match card. They will have the chance to buy out their former players. In the auction, more cricketers will be going under the hammer. There will be an exciting battle at the auction table as well.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) has been one of the finest teams over the years. They were the best side in the 2024 edition. They played an aggressive brand of cricket throughout the season. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma gave them the start they needed in the powerplay. They will have some tough choices to make in the upcoming auction. We take a look at the players that will be retained by the side.
Here are the 4 players retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been one of the finest new ball bowlers in India. The speedster possesses a lot of experience playing in the IPL. Bhuvi upgraded his bowling armoury with reverse swing, slower balls, and Yorkers to become a death-over specialist. Despite his pace being reduced he has been a legend in the league.
3. Heinrich Klassen
Heinrich Klassen has been the best T20 batter in the world. Klassen has a huge range of hitting. The Proteas batter has been the pillar for SRH in the middle order. He has shown excellent hitting skills all over the park. Klassen scored 479 runs with an average of 39.92 with a strike rate of 171.07. He will be retained by the franchise.
2. Aiden Markram
Aiden Markram has been one of the finest T20 batters. The Proteas skipper has been excellent he led the side to South Africa. Markram was not the captain of SRH in the last edition. However, he scored 220 runs and failed in the season despite his team qualifying for the finals.
1. Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma was the best batter for the Orange Army. He gave them the start they needed in the powerplay. The Southpaw scored 484 runs with an average of 32.27, with a strike rate of 204.22. The left-handed opener was aggressive throughout the season which earned him a call for the national team. The all-rounder will be the first to be retained.
