The last date for releasing the retention list for IPL 2026 is 15th November. All teams will have to submit their retention lists by 5 pm tomorrow. Before that, there is news that Punjab Kings may release experienced Australian player Glenn Maxwell, while Sunrisers Hyderabad may once again show confidence in Heinrich Klaasen. Meanwhile, according to the report of Cricbuzz, Ajinkya Rahane can remain the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026.

Glenn Maxwell OUT, Klaasen IN

In the mega auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad had retained South African wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore. According to Cricbuzz report, there has been no indication of Klaasen being released. He will remain in SRH next season. Klaasen scored 487 runs in 14 matches for Hyderabad in IPL 2025.

On the other hand, Glenn Maxwell scored only 48 runs in 7 matches while playing for Punjab Kings last season. In the same report it was claimed that Maxwell’s release seems certain. Last season, Mitchell Owen was brought as a replacement for Maxwell, he also has little hope of getting retention from Punjab Kings.

There is also an update regarding Royal Challengers Bangalore that Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salaam and Mayank Agarwal can also be released. Mumbai Indians can release Will Jacques. This is the same Will Jacques, whom Akash Ambani reached to shake hands with the RCB team management after buying in the auction.

Who is the captain of KKR?

Kolkata Knight Riders was captained by Ajinkya Rahane last season. KKR team had tried to trade KL Rahul with Delhi Capitals, but that deal could not be completed due to some reason. If Rahul had come to KKR, he would probably have got the captaincy. For now Rahane can remain the captain.

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The auction process for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is likely to take place in mid-December. The deadline for franchises to submit the list of their retained and released players is November 15, meanwhile there is news that Sunrisers Hyderabad can release Heinrich Klaasen. This will also be shocking because the team had retained him for Rs 23 crore in the last edition. However, the former Indian cricketer does not think that Hyderabad will release Klaasen.

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the chances of Sunrisers Hyderabad releasing Heinrich Klaasen are very slim. However, the former player also said that in the last few years we have seen strange things in IPL.

The last date for all 10 teams to declare their retention players before the auction is likely to be November 15. The auction may take place in the second week of next month (December). According to a report in Times of India, Sunrisers Hyderabad management is considering releasing Klaasen before the auction. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra shared his views on this report and said that perhaps Hyderabad is not keen on releasing Klaasen Ko.

Aakash Chopra said, “There is a lot of talk about Heinrich Klaasen. There are reports that Sunrisers Hyderabad may consider releasing him as it will save Rs 23 crore. I am thinking, you don’t buy a player for Rs 23 crore just to keep him for a year. Then, you release him and buy him back. I don’t think that will happen. As far as I know, there will be no RTM (Right To Match) also because it is a mini There will be an auction.”

Aakash Chopra further said, “Why would they release him? I think it’s just a rumour. I don’t think Heinrich Klaasen will be released so easily and sent to the auction. But, strange things have happened in the past too, so let’s see. We’ll wait and see.”

Texas Super Kings won the 7th match of Major League 2025 by 93 runs. The Texas team, captained by Faf Duplessis, scored 153 runs while batting first, in response, explosive batsman of Seattle Orchus David Warner (9), Kil Myers (0), Heinrich Klassen (0) flopped and the entire team collapsed at 60 runs.

Second shortest score in the history of the league

This is the second smallest score in the history of Major League cricket. Chasing the target of 154 runs, the start of Seattle orchs was very bad. In the second over, Kyle Myers was out without opening an account. After this, David Warner returned to the pavilion on the score of 9. After this, Steve Taylor 4 and then captain Henrik Klassen moved on zero.

7 wickets lost at 27

One wicket after another kept falling and the 7th wicket of Seattle Orkus fell on the score of 27, at this time it was felt that the entire team would not be able to score 50 runs, but as soon as the team crossed this figure. Although the entire team collapsed for 60 runs, this is the second smallest score of Major League cricket.

Zia ul Haq Muhammad, Nandre Burger and Noor Ahmed took 3-3 wickets for Texas Super Kings. Jia ul Haq Muhammad was voted the best player of the match.

The @Texassuperkings Ran through the Seattle Orcas’ Batting Lineup, Getting them all out for just 60 runs -the second lowest Total in MLC History!

How Good Was This Bowling Performance? pic.twitter.com/1drpxfxn33

– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) June 17, 2025

This is the third consecutive win of Texas Super Kings, captained by Faf Duplessis, is second in the points table with 6 points. The first place is San Francisco Unicorn’s, he has also won 3 out of 3 matches but its net run rate is better than Texas.

Stoinis, Derryl Mitchell played important innings

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Heinrich klaasen retirement: South African legendary Henrik Klassen has announced retirement from international cricket. He said that representing the country was the biggest respect for him and the decision to retire was very difficult for him. Klassen played the first international match for South Africa in a ODI match. He scored 3,245 runs in his entire international career.

Henrich Klassen has shared a picture with his family on Instagram, through which he ruled that he is going away from cricket. He said, “Representing the country was a matter of pride for me, I used to dream this since childhood.” Klassen also said that in this magnificent cricket career, he also got such people, with whom his life changed.

Henrich Klassen gave the reason for retirement, saying, “I am now hoping that I will be able to spend more time with the family as I will be able to do it after retirement.” Klassen thanked all those who have helped them reach this point in cricket.

Test retirement was taken last year

Heinrich Klassen said goodbye to Test cricket in January last year. He played only 4 matches in his red-ball career in which he was able to score only 104 runs. Now he has also said goodbye to ODI and T20 formats. In his 60 ODI career, he scored 2,141 runs, including 4 centuries and 11 fifty. He was identified for his rapid batting in T20, where he scored 1,000 runs in 58 matches for South Africa.

Henrich Klassen played his last match for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025 so far. In his last match, he played an unbeaten 105 -run innings against KKR. The last match for South Africa played against New Zealand in March 2025.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 278 against Kolkata Knight Riders with Hyrerich Klassen’s quick batting and Travis Head-Abhishek Sharma’s explosion innings. At the same time, SRH’s bowling was given by Jaydev Unadkat and Harsh Dubey. This huge score of Hyderabad kept Kolkata tied in the match and the team registered a big win by 110 runs. Hyderabad has ended this 18th season of IPL with victory.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team won this match and came at number 7 with 13 points in the IPL points table. Hyderabad won 6 matches in 14 matches and the team suffered defeat in 7 matches. A match was drawn there. But for KKR, this season became worse. KKR won only 5 matches in this IPL 2025 and the team lost 7 matches and drew 2 matches. Kolkata’s team stood at number 8 in the IPL points table. But the victory or defeat of both teams has not affected the playoffs, because both the teams have been out long before the top 4 race.

Hyderabad set a huge goal

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, who came to bat first, gave the team a tremendous start. Abhishek scored a brilliant innings of 32 runs in 16 balls and Head scored 76 runs in 40 balls.

Heinrich Klassen came today to bat in a different way. Klassen played an unbeaten innings of 105 runs in 39 balls, in which he hit 7 fours and 9 sixes. Klassen became the fastest century player for Hyderabad. At the same time, this is Klassen’s third fastest century in 100 IPL history.

For Hyderabad, Ishaan Kishan scored 29 runs in 20 balls and Aniket Verma scored 12 not out in 6 balls and thus the team’s score reached 278 at the loss of 3 wickets, which is the third highest score of the IPL tournament. Prior to this, the record of making two biggest total is also the name of Hyderabad.

Run chase was difficult for Kolkata

The batsmen of Kolkata Knight Riders tried hard to achieve this Total of Hyderabad, but they had to kneel in front of SRH bowlers. Manish Pandey scored the most runs for Kolkata. Pandey scored an innings in balls. Harsh Dubey, Jaydev Unadkat and Ishaan Malinga took 3-3 wickets for Hyderabad. Kolkata lost by 110 runs while scoring 8 balls in this match.

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Srh vs kkr 1st innings highlights: Henrich Klassen has scored 105 runs in 39 balls and Travis Head 40 balls 76 runs, so Sunrisers Hyderabad scored the third highest score in the history of IPL. The Hyderabad batsmen at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium washed away the Kolkata bowlers. Hyderabad scored 278 for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Hyderabad is also in the name of Hyderabad’s record of making the biggest score of IPL.

Klassen and head batting

For Hyderabad, Heinrich Klassen scored a century in just 37 balls. He returned unbeaten for 105 runs in 39 balls. During this time, 7 fours and 9 sixes came out of his bat. Earlier, Travis Head scored 76 runs in 40 balls thanks to 6 fours and 6 sixes.

After winning the toss, Hyderabad started to bat first. Abhishek Sharma scored 32 runs in 16 balls. 4 fours and two sixes came out of his bat. In the powerplay, Hyderabad scored 79 runs without losing any wicket. In 6.5 overs, the first wicket fell on a total score of 92, while Henrik Klassen was sent to Henrik Klassen in place of Ishaan Kishan at number three.

Klassen scored a half -century in just 17 balls and then scored a century in 37 balls. Klassen’s bat led to 7 fours and 9 sixes. Travis Head played 76 runs in 40 balls. The head hit 6 fours and 6 sixes. Ishaan Kishan came for batting at number four. Ishaan hit 4 fours and a six. Aniket Verma returned unbeaten for 12 runs in six balls. He hit a four and a six.

Fastest century for Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad player Henrik Klassen has created history in this season of IPL. Klassen scored a century in 37 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders. With this century, Klassen has become the fastest 100 for SRH. At the same time, this century of Klassen is the third fastest century in IPL history.

Heinrich klaasen make history in ipl: Hyrerik Klassen, a Sunrisers Hyderabad player, has created history in this season of IPL. Klassen scored a century in 37 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). With this century, Klassen has become the fastest 100 for SRH.

Klassen created history

Henriques Klassen’s century against KKR is the third fastest century in IPL history. In scoring the fastest century, Klassen is behind Chris Gayle, who played IPL matches for only Rajasthan Royals player Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chris Gayle is the fastest century player in the IPL so far.

Chris Gayle, batting for Bengaluru in 2013, scored a century in 30 balls against Pune Warriors. At the same time, in the same season IPL 2025, 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century in 35 balls against Gujarat Titans. At the same time, Heinrich Klassen has registered his name in this record list of IPL by scoring a century in 37 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders.

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SRH made the third largest total in IPL history

Sunrisers Hyderabad has scored the third best score of IPL tournament thanks to this fastest century of Henriques Klassen. Hyderabad scored 278 runs against Kolkata at the loss of three wickets. At the same time, Hyderabad’s name is also the record of making the first two score. SRH scored 287 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2024 last season and scored the biggest score in IPL history. At the beginning of this season, Hyderabad gave the biggest target of this season by scoring 286 runs against Rajasthan Royals and this was the second biggest score in IPL history.

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