Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad launched star batter and their captain Kane Williamson on Tuesday forward of the cash-rich league’s mini public sale. November 15 was the final date to announce the complete checklist of gamers retained and launched by the groups forward of the mini public sale, scheduled to be held on December 23 in Kochi. The Sunrisers had named Williamson as their skipper forward of the IPL 2022, and retained him for INR 14 crore, making him their costliest participant. However, Sunrisers Hyderabad completed eighth within the 10-team league with solely six wins out of 14 video games.

On Wednesday, when asked by ESPNCricinfo if he was reconsidering his T20 future after being launched by SRH, a aspect that he led final season, Williamson mentioned: “No, not really. There are a lot of competitions around the world, and the IPL is certainly an amazing completion to be a part of. You see players play for different teams all the time. There are a lot of options, lot of cricket, so for me, I love playing all formats.”

Williamson mentioned the Sunrisers administration knowledgeable him “a few days ago” about its choice to let him go. “That’s the way it goes, I had a really enjoyable time at SRH, I have a lot of fond memories,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a surprise when it [retention list] was officially released,” he mentioned.

IPL giants Chennai Super Kings additionally ended their massively profitable 11-year affiliation with legendary all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. In different huge actions, Punjab Kings have launched their final version’s captain Mayank Agarwal, whereas West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran was launched by Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Besides Bravo, CSK have additionally determined to let go of England’s death-overs specialist Chris Jordan, a transfer that may shock some.

With PTI inputs