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Teams to be allowed to retain 4 players ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finalized the policies of retention for the mega auction ahead of IPL 2022, which will see the addition of two new franchises, based in Lucknow and Ahmedabad.

According to a report in Cricbuzz, the BCCI sent a mail to all the franchises stating that the existing 8 franchises can retain a maximum of four players while the two new teams can pick three players outside of the auction.

“The 8 existing team will first get the opportunity to retain a maximum of 4 Players and thereafter the 2 new teams will be able to retain a maximum of 3 players before the auction,” the BCCI said in a mail to the franchises on Saturday afternoon, as reported by Cricbuzz.

MS Dhoni receives IPL 2021 trophy
MS Dhoni receives IPL 2021 trophy. (Photo: IPL)

The board also finalized the dates for the announcement of the retention.

“The window for the 8 existing teams to retain the players will be from the 1st November 2021 to 30th November 2021. Thereafter the 2 new teams will have the window to retain the players starting from 1st December 2021 to 25th December 2021,” the mail added.

Conditions on the retained players for all IPL franchises:

The BCCI was clear in stating that the 8 current teams cannot retain more than three Indians (capped/uncapped) while a maximum of two overseas players can be retained. Also, a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.

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As for the new franchises – owned by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) and CVC Capital Partners (Irelia Company Pte Ltd) – two Indians can be picked from outside the auction while only one overseas star can be selected by them. Also to keep in mind for them is that they can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.

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The BCCI also confirmed that the salary Cap for the IPL 2022 Season will be Rs. 90 Crs for all the teams.

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