Heinrich Klaasen edged Virat Kohli to become the most expensive player retained in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
Proteas batter Heinrich Klaasen during an IPL match for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Picture: R. Satish Babu/AFP
The 33-year-old Klaasen amassed 479 runs including four half-centuries at a strike rate of over 171 in this year’s IPL as Hyderabad ended runners-up.Kohli kept up his bond with Bengaluru for $2.5 million in the lucrative T20 tournament as the retention deadline ended on Thursday at 1.30pm SA time.Top Indian players including Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have parted ways with their franchises to head into the mega auction, which is expected to be held next month.
Rahul was not among the list of players retained by Lucknow Super Giants, who kept West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran for $2.5 million.Other top players on the auction table will be England’s Jos Buttler, who was not retained by Rajasthan Royals, and South African Faf du Plessis, out of Bengaluru.
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