IPL 2022 Retention, Sunrisers Hyderabad: On tuesday, all the old eight teams of the IPL announced the players they are ready to retain with them before the IPL 2022 auction.
Meanwhile, there is shocking news from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The biggest player auction for IPL 2022 is going to happen in January. Two new teams will now also join the IPL, due to which the scope is going to get bigger.
Many players of the teams playing in the IPL for the last 14 years will now once again be in the fray in the auction race.
In this episode, bcci had given permission to all the old 8 teams to retain a maximum of 4 players.
Tuesday was its last date and all the teams gave their verdict. The most surprising decision came from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Sunrisers hyderabad retained only three players, not four.
Apart from his captain Kane Williamson, there were also two uncapped players who have not played international cricket so far.
Most of the people are shocked and disappointed by this decision because Sunrisers hyderabad has decided to separate their most special and most prolific bowler Rashid Khan from themselves.
Rashid Khan has so far taken 93 wickets in 76 matches in IPL history. He was the highest wicket-taker for hyderabad in the current team.
Rashid was released because of this?
The hyderabad management retained Kane Williamson as the number one player but released star spinner, Rashid Khan. Sunrisers CEO K Shanmugam told why he let Rashid go.
"We respect a player's decision if a player wants to go to the auction because of the price. We will see if we can buy it by paying the right price in the auction.
Hyderabad retained these players
The three players that Sunrisers hyderabad has decided to retain with them this time are their captain Kane Williamson, who has been retained for Rs 14 crore.
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He retained young all-rounder Abdul Samad for Rs 4 crore, while Umran Malik, who stunned the whole world with his speed in IPL 2021, has also been retained for Rs 4 crore.
