IPL 2016 champions SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) stunned last IPL season by setting a powerful batting example, which they produced majorly in that entire tournament. They were very close to winning the IPL 2024 title but finished as the runners-up after suffering a thrashing IPL 2024 final defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders. 

SRH started the IPL 2025 mega auction with the purse remaining for INR 45 crore. Before the auction, SRH retained five capped players, which deducted INR 75 crore from the purse. 

Pre Auction Retentions

(Capped)

Heinrich Klaasen (South African): INR 23 Crore

Pat Cummins (Australian): INR 18 Crore

Abhishek Sharma (Indian): INR 14 Crore

Travis Head (Australian): INR 14 Crore

Nitish Kumar Reddy (Indian): INR 6 Crore

(Uncapped)

None

Mega Auction Buys

Ishan Kishan (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 11.25 crore

Mohammed Shami (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 10 crore

Harshal Patel (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 8 crore

Rahul Chahar (Indian): Base price INR 1 crore – Bid won INR 3.20 crore 

Adam Zampa (Australian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2.40 crore

Atharva Taide (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh