South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen edged superstar Virat Kohli to become the most expensive player retained in the Indian Premier League.
South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen edged superstar Virat Kohli to become the most expensive player retained in the Indian Premier League.South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen edged superstar Virat Kohli to become the most expensive player retained in the Indian Premier League. Image: Vipin Pawar/Shutterstock/BackpagepixThe 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.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc holds the auction record after Kolkata brought him for $2.98 million in December last year. Other top players on the auction table will be England’s Jos Buttler, who was not retained by Rajasthan Royals, and South AfricanDefending champions Kolkata Knight Riders released their skipper Shreyas Iyer but held onto the West Indies duo of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.
The 10-team IPL, which began in 2008, has transformed the global cricket economy and spawned other T20 league competitions around the world.Chiefs coach Nabi calls for the swift introduction of VAR in the PSL, citing critical officiating errors. Will the PSL listen to his plea?
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