Players Retained by IPL Franchises Ahead of the Auction:
The upcoming mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to take place this November. Although the organizers have not made any official announcements yet, the league authorities are considering making some changes to several rules before this auction.
This time, there will be a full auction, and all 10 teams will build new squads. The entire process will take two days. Initially, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) considered holding the auction in Dubai due to the popularity of Indian cricket there. Later, they also considered two cities in Saudi Arabia for the venue.
Meanwhile, the franchises are engaged in a competition to retain their key players before the auction. Teams are planning who to retain and who to release, and they have already published preliminary lists.
By October 31, all franchises must submit their list of retained players. Each team can retain up to six players before the auction, and at least one of them must be a domestic player. Teams can also choose to retain fewer than six players. They will be able to use the “Right to Match” (RTM) card during the auction to bring back released players.
Cricketers who retired from international cricket five years ago will be considered as domestic players. There are no restrictions on the number of domestic or overseas players a team can retain.
For the first-choice retention, teams will have to pay INR 18 crore. The second-choice player will receive INR 14 crore, and the third-choice player will receive INR 11 crore. For the fourth-choice player, the team will again have to pay INR 18 crore, and the fifth-choice player will receive INR 14 crore. Retaining a domestic player will cost INR 4 crore.
- Chennai Super Kings
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Ruturaj Gaikwad
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Shivam Dube
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Matheesha Pathirana
Fourth choice (INR 18 crore) – Ravindra Jadeja
Domestic player (INR 4 crore) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Right to Match card – 1 player - Mumbai Indians
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Hardik Pandya
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Rohit Sharma
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Tilak Varma
Fourth choice (INR 18 crore) – Jasprit Bumrah
Fifth choice (INR 14 crore) – Suryakumar Yadav
Domestic player (INR 4 crore) – Nehal Wadhera
Right to Match card – None - Kolkata Knight Riders
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Andre Russell
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Shreyas Iyer
Third choice (INR 11 crore)/Domestic player (INR 4 crore) – Phil Salt/Harshit Rana
Fourth choice (INR 18 crore) – Sunil Narine
Fifth choice (INR 14 crore) – Rinku Singh - Rajasthan Royals
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Sanju Samson
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Yashasvi Jaiswal
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Riyan Parag
Fourth choice (INR 18 crore) – Jos Buttler
Domestic player (INR 4 crore) – Sandeep Sharma
Right to Match card – 1 player - Sunrisers Hyderabad
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Pat Cummins
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Abhishek Sharma
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Nitish Kumar Reddy
Fourth choice (INR 18 crore) – Travis Head
Fifth choice (INR 14 crore) – Heinrich Klaasen
Right to Match card – Domestic player (INR 4 crore) - Gujarat Titans
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Shubman Gill
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – David Miller
Fourth choice (INR 18 crore) – Rashid Khan
Fifth choice (INR 14 crore) – Mohit Sharma
Domestic player (INR 4 crore) – Rahul Tewatia
Right to Match card – 1 player - Royal Challengers Bangalore
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Virat Kohli
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Mohammed Siraj
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Rajat Patidar
Right to Match card – 3 players - Delhi Capitals
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Rishabh Pant
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Axar Patel
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Kuldeep Yadav
Right to Match card – 3 players - Punjab Kings
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Arshdeep Singh
Right to Match card – 5 players - Lucknow Super Giants
First choice (INR 18 crore) – Nicholas Pooran
Second choice (INR 14 crore) – Ravi Bishnoi
Third choice (INR 11 crore) – Mayank Yadav
Domestic player (INR 4 crore) – Ayush Badoni
Right to Match card – 2 players
