South Africa's star batsman Heinrich Klaasen surpassed Virat Kohli by becoming the most expensive player retained in the Indian Premier League's history. Sunrisers Hyderabad reclaimed the services of Heinrich Klaasen for $2.73 million along with Australia's Pat Cummins and Travis Head.

Heinrich Klaasen smashed 479 runs including four half-centuries with a strike rate of over 171 in the IPL 2024. Klaasen surpassed the previous $2.02 million paid by Royal Challengers Bengaluru to Kohli in 2017.