Indian Premier League 2018 is going to be set from April-May this year. Two years of banned of CSK (Chennai Super Kings) and RR (Rajasthan Royals) are completed. Now new buzz started everywhere that who will play in which team and whom they will retain.
Now IPL chairperson going to put a full stop on the buzz and stated that rules of retaining the player for upcoming IPL season 11.
IPL 2018 Retaining Player Rules
(A). Player Retention Policy
An IPL Franchise is eligible to secure up to 5 players by virtue of a combination of Player Retention (Pre Player Auction) and Right to Match (RTM) (During the Player Auction).
• A maximum of either 3 retentions or 3 RTM at the discretion of the franchises
• If there is no retention before player auction then franchises can have up to 3 RTM
Following will apply irrespective of player retention or RTM –
- A maximum number of 3 Capped Indian players.
- A maximum number of 2 Overseas players.
- A maximum number of 2 Uncapped Indian players.
The player pool available for CSK and RR for retention/RTM will be the players’ who played for them respectively in IPL 2015 and who were part of RPS and GL squads in IPL 2017.
Salary Cap
2018 – INR 80 Crore
2019 – INR 82 Crore
2020 – INR 85 Crore
The minimum spend will be 75 percent of the salary cap for each season.
Player Retain Price Guideline
In a scenario where 3 players are retained pre-auction:
Salary cap charged:
Player 1: 15 crore
Player 2: 11 crore
Player 3: 7 crore
If 2 players are retained pre-auction:
Salary cap charged:
Player 1: 12.5 crore
Player 2: 8.5 crore
If 1 player is retained pre-auction:
Salary cap charged:
Player 1: 12.5 crore
Squad Size: A maximum of 25 players (up to 8 overseas) and a minimum of 18 players.
Retain Player List For Indian Premier League 2018
- Bangalore: Kohli, AB, Sarfaraz
- Chennai: Dhoni, Raina, Jadeja
- Mumbai: Rohit, Bumrah, Hardik
- Delhi: Morris, Pant, Iyer
- Kolkata: Narine, Russell
- Hyderabad: Warner, Bhuvneshwar
- Rajasthan: Steven Smith
- Punjab: Axar
This is list and on January 4 IPL GC will declare the whole retain player list then we can confirm the player list.
Coming January 27, 28 will be auction day which will happen in Banglore. Everyone waiting for this day as it will be confirmed who will play in which team.
(With PTI Inputs & iplt20.com)
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