Kavya Maran vs Preity Zinta: Which team has the bigger purse, these players have been retained by the team
Kavya Maran and Preity Zinta
IPL provides a great platform for all the cricketers around the world to showcase their skills. By playing here, players get both money and fame. The IPL retentions have been completed and now all eyes are on the mega auction, which is scheduled to take place on November 24 and 25. In this auction, many franchises will form completely new squads and many of the most expensive players are also expected to be bought. Punjab Kings co-owner Kavya Maran has always included players in her team by paying huge amounts of money. In the last auction, he had bought Pat Cummins for Rs 20.50 crore. On the other hand, Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta is also known for showering money on the players. Punjab Kings bought Sam Curran for Rs 18.50 crore. Now in the mega auction too, all eyes will be on Kavya Maran and Preity Zinta and a bidding war can be seen between them.
Punjab Kings retained only two players
Punjab Kings team has not won the IPL title even once till date. The team had made it to the finals only once, but then it had to face defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders. Now to win IPL 2025, Punjab Kings have probably thought of creating a completely different team. For this reason, Punjab team has retained only two players in retention. These include Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh. Both these players had performed well for Punjab for some time and had single-handedly led the team to victory in many matches.
Punjab Kings Kings have the most money
Now Punjab Kings have the biggest purse ahead of IPL Mega Auction 2025. The team is left with Rs 110.5 crore. Whereas in the auction it can use 4 RTM. Would like to bring Arshdeep Singh and Ashutosh Sharma back into the team through RTM. Arshdeep bowls dangerously at the beginning of the innings and also proves to be very economical.
Sunrisers Hyderabad retained five players
In IPL retention, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has retained 5 of its strong players, which include three foreigners and two Indians. SRH have retained Pat Cummins, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy. Now she can use an RTM in the mega auction. Sunrisers Hyderabad currently has a purse of Rs 45 crore left. Hyderabad has Rs 65.5 crore less than Punjab Kings. Hyderabad had so far won the IPL trophy once in the year 2016. The then captain of the team was David Warner. Last season, under the leadership of Pat Cummins, Hyderabad had made it to the finals, then KKR broke their dream of winning the title.
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