Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) may retain Caribbean wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Pooran, Indian fast bowler Mayank Yadav and spinner Ravi Bishnoi in IPL-2025. Last date for submission of retention list is 31st October.
According to a report by ESPN, LSG will retain only three capped players, while may also retain two uncapped players. The names of Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan are coming up among the uncapped players.
LSG also has a Right to Match (RTM) card. Some time ago there were reports that the Lucknow franchise would not retain captain KL Rahul.
Pooran can get 18 crores West Indies batsman Nicholas Poore has single-handedly won many matches for Lucknow. He could be the team's first retention. He can get a slot of Rs 18 crore. Pace sensation Mayank Yadav and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi could be placed at the second and third positions. The franchise will pay these two players 14 and 11 crore rupees. The Lucknow team will have to spend a total of 51 crore rupees on retaining these three players.
An uncapped player for 4 crores Youngster Ayush Badoni batted brilliantly in Delhi Premier League recently. Apart from this, he has also played many brilliant innings for the Lucknow team in the IPL. Due to this, he can be retained as an uncapped player at a cost of Rs 4 crore.
Apart from that, there is news that 6 feet 3 inches fast bowler Mohsin Khan has also been retained. Mohsin is also yet to play for Team India. For this reason, as an uncapped player, he can only be retained for Rs 4 crore.
Hyderabad ready to retain Klaasen, Cummins Sunrisers Hyderabad may retain South African power hitter Henrik Klaasen as the first player for Rs 23 crore ahead of the mega auction to be held in Riyadh. At the same time, the franchise has also included the names of captain Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the retention list.
Sunrisers Hyderabad co-owner Kavya Maran may retain Australian all-rounder Travis Head and franchise captain Pat Cummins for Rs 18 crore in a retention deal. At the same time, India can retain all-rounder Abhishek Sharma for Rs 14 crore. According to the report, Nitish Kumar Reddy may also be retained.
Names of Sanju, Butler, Yashaswi from Rajasthan Four players can be retained from the Rajasthan Royals team. The names of captain Sanju Samson, batting all-rounder Ryan Parag, opener Jos Buttler and Yashaswi Jaiswal are coming up in the reports. Royals captain Sanju Samson can be given first place. Ryan Parag is one of the future investments of Rajasthan Royals. In IPL-2024, he scored 573 runs at an average of 52.
Ryan Parag won many matches for Rajasthan in IPL-2024.
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