Will the 34-year-old South Africa Nationwide Cricket Group wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen be thrown out of the squad by the Sunrisers Hyderabad? That is the most important query at the moment within the minds of SRH followers.
A couple of posts reporting Klaasen’s launch from the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) went viral on social media, and the followers have been left questioning whether or not there may be any reality to the matter.
SRH retained Heinrich Klaasen for ₹23 crore
The explosive South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Klaasen was retained by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for a whopping Rs. 23 crore forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale.
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Alongside Klaasen, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) retained Pat Cummins (Rs. 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs. 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs. 6 crore), and Travis Head (Rs. 14 crore).
Klaasen was retained for an enormous quantity due to his good efficiency in IPL 2023 and 2024, the place he scored 448 runs at a strike price of 177.07 and 479 runs at a strike price of 171.07.
With the retention, Klaasen set a brand new benchmark and have become the most costly participant ever retained by an IPL workforce forward of an public sale. He broke the report of Virat Kohli, who was retained for Rs 17 crore by Royal Challengers Bengaluru again in 2017.
Nevertheless, that Kohli report was additionally breached two extra occasions earlier than IPL 2025 mega public sale as a result of each Virat Kohli (RCB) and Nicholas Pooran (LSG) had been handed a 21-crore retention, three crore greater than the designated slab.
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SRH to launch Klaasen with eyes on Cameron Inexperienced?
On Monday, August 18, a publish from an X consumer went viral, which claimed that the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are more likely to launch Heinrich Klaasen and Mohammed Shami to unlock some funds.
It was claimed that the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will use that cash to spend on the Australia younger all-round sensation Cameron Inexperienced as a result of captain Pat Cummins wantst him within the squad.
Nevertheless, a Instances of India (TOI) journalist, Gaurav Gupta, was fast to close down the report and quoted the publish stating, “Not true!”, claiming that Heinrich Klaasen is more likely to stay with the franchise within the subsequent season as effectively.
Not true! https://t.co/CNZN2ELDg3
— Gaurav Gupta (@toi_gauravG) August 18, 2025
Ishan actually must get his hair completely to be pleased – Heinrich Klaasen
Lately, SRH shared a video on X.com the place Heinrich Klaasen was requested some enjoyable questions by the franchise.
When requested who within the squad was the mirror magnet, Klaasen responded with fun and named Ishan Kishan. He stated, “Doing a few shoots with him, I might say Ishan (Kishan).”
He additionally said that the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Kishan is just too anxious about his seems to be.“Ishan actually must get his hair completely to be pleased,” Klaasen remarked.
“We did a shoot and he was unbelievable,” Klaasen recalled when requested about the perfect actor within the SRH squad.
The mirror magnet, the espresso guru and many extra… 👀
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Heinrich Klaasen | #PlayWithFire pic.twitter.com/s9PpAhPKaP
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) August 17, 2025