The retention deadline for IPL 2025 is ending today i.e. Thursday, 31st October. In a few hours, all 10 teams have to announce the names of their retained players. On this important day, a star player of Punjab Kings has put team owner Preity Zinta in trouble. Here we are talking about legendary fast bowler Kagiso Rabada. He has wreaked havoc in Bangladesh on the day of retention. Rabada has once again opened his claws. He took 5 wickets while bowling lethally in the second test against Bangladesh. His performance has left the Punjab team in a dilemma as they wanted to release him.

Rabada becomes number one, will Punjab retain?

Punjab Kings owner Preity Zinta had made a mega plan for IPL 2025 along with head coach Ricky Ponting. According to media reports, he had decided to release all the star players including Kagiso Rabada. She was going to retain only two uncapped players. Meanwhile, Rabada must have put Punjab Kings in a dilemma with his brilliant performance. Let us tell you that Kagiso Rabada has taken 14 wickets in his name so far in this series.

In the first match against Bangladesh, he took 9 wickets and was the hero of the victory. Now in the ongoing second test match in Chattogram also, he has taken 5 wickets for 37 runs in 9 overs. Not only this, on the basis of this performance he has also snatched the crown of number one in Test from Jasprit Bumrah.

Apart from this, recently Rabada became the fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 300 wickets in terms of balls. However, his performance in the last season of IPL was not that good. Rabada had taken only 11 wickets in 11 matches. His economy was also 8.86. Considering his form, it remains to be seen whether Punjab Kings will retain him or not.

Plan to land with more money

Retention of Punjab Kings wants to enter the mega auction with minimum expenses and a big purse. Perhaps that is why they have decided to retain only 2 uncapped players Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh for less money. Not only this, Preity Zinta is looking for a good captain. She herself has said this.

This time some big players like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul are expected to come in the mega auction. He also has experience of captaincy. But a good amount of money may be required to buy them. In such a situation, if she has more money, she will be able to openly bid on the player of her choice. However, Preity Zinta's team will again have the challenge of forming a new team.