IPL 2022 Retention: War broke out over Rahul-Rashid Khan, the tussle between new and old teams!
IPL teams have to submit the list of their retained players to the BCCI today. This time many big players can be seen in the mega auction.
Sunil Shukla 
IPL 2022: The atmosphere for the Indian Premier League-2022 has already started. Today i.e. by November 30, all the old eight teams of IPL have to submit the list of retained players to the BCCI.
The names of the players who have been retained by many teams have also started appearing. But now a war has broken out between the teams over the captain of Punjab Kings, KL Rahul, and Rashid Khan, an important part of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Actually, according to the reports, KL Rahul has already made up his mind to leave Punjab Kings. In such a situation, he can be seen captaining a new team in the next IPL season. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad can retain only Kane Williamson. In such a situation, Rashid Khan can also be a part of the new team.
It is believed that Sunrisers Hyderabad wanted to choose between Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan, so Kane Williamson has been stopped seeing the captaincy becoming heavy.
Will both the players be involved in Lucknow?
According to the report of Insidesport, efforts are being made to bring KL Rahul and Rashid Khan to their side from the new IPL team Lucknow. The team of Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are also angry on such reports and this matter has now reached the BCCI.
Let us inform you that at present Rashid Khan gets Rs 9 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad, while KL Rahul gets Rs 11 crore from Punjab Kings. Reports claim that almost double the amount is being offered to both of the new teams.
According to a BCCI official, no team has made any official complaint but such an issue has been raised. Some players have been approached from Lucknow, so we are keeping an eye on it. The balance should not be disturbed in any way.
It is worth mentioning that according to the rules of IPL, eight old teams will get a chance to retain a total of 4 players. There can be a maximum of 3 Indians, two foreign players, the total number of players will remain 4. At the same time, the two new teams that have come can put three players in their court before the auction.
According to the reports so far, the team Punjab Kings is not retaining any player, while the team of Sunrisers Hyderabad is only retaining Kane Williamson. Chennai Super Kings can retain MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Rituraj Gaikwad, and Moeen Ali.
