Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH Released and Retained PlayersIPL 2026 SRH Retained and Released Players List: Despite rumours surrounding a potential exit, SRH retained their big-money South African asset in Heinrich Klaasen while the likes of Adam Zampa and Rahul Chahar were let go. The headline exit is of Indian pacer Mohammed Shami who was traded out to Lucknow Super Giants. With Shami already being traded to the Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 10 crore, SRH let go of some domestic talent like Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Chahar and Simarjeet Singh. They have managed to keep hold of their star assets like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Pat Cummins.
After reaching the final of the 2024 Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad, under the leadership of Pat Cummins, had an ordinary season last year and they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Despite having an attacking batting line-up mid-way through the last season, SRH, due to regular failures and batting collapses, struggled to make it to the playoffs.
Coach Daniel Vettori was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo: “Wanted to keep nucleus together, happy with how players performed. Happy to go with enough of a purse to target players. Any time you have chance to add quality players who may have not fit elsewhere, hopefully we can identify them and add to our squad.”
When there is a mega auction, there is a limit to the number of players, be it overseas or the Indians, that the squads can retain. But this time around, as it is not a mega auction, teams can retain as many players as they wish to. Despite the flexible rules, the franchises need to have 25 players at most, and the purse for each franchise will be around 120 crores.
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari
Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Shami (traded)
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