SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is hoping to get his first style of worldwide cricket, having been referred to as as much as India’s 15-man squad for the upcoming three-match T20I sequence towards Bangladesh. The primary T20I shall be performed on Sunday in Gwalior, however former India opener Aakash Chopra mentioned SRH could be praying that Nitish does not make his debut. For the unversed, if Nitish makes his debut, SRH will not have the ability to retain him as an uncapped participant heading into the IPL 2025 mega public sale.
“They’d be praying that Nitish Kumar Reddy stays uncapped. They’d be saying – ‘Please do not play him within the T20I sequence’. Identical to Harshit Rana, his title can be there in that group and if he will get an opportunity to play, he may even turn into capped,” Chopra mentioned on his YouTube channel.
As per IPL’s newest retention guidelines, a franchise can retain an uncapped participant for Rs 4 crore. A franchise must pay 18 crore, 14 crore and 11 crore, respectively, for the first, 2nd and third retention picks. In the meantime, the 4th and fifth retention shall be paid Rs 18 crore and 14 crore, respectively.
If Nitish does make his debut, SRH must pay a minimum of Rs 11 crore for the teenager.
Chopra additionally steered that SRH ought to prioritise the retentions of captain Pat Cummins and younger India batter Abhishek Sharma.
“They should firstly retain the captain and Abhishek Sharma. You need to retain Heinrich Klaasen and it is nice if you may get Travis Head. These 4 names come to my thoughts, to start with. Pat Cummins, since he’s the captain, and he managed the group very effectively, it would be best to retain him,” he added.
India T20I squad vs Bangladesh: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav
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