Indian Premier League 2021 is going to be held in July (Dates not confirmed Yet). Before that BCCI is planning to expand the Indian Premier League by adding one or two teams in the list. If reports are to be believed then Ahmedabad would join the IPL 2021. Finals decision on this will be taken in the last week of December 2020.
Few Days back BCCI hinted for the IPL 2021 Mega Auction before the start of Indian Premier League 2021. Dates for the same are not confirmed by the BCCI but some speculations are made that IPL 2021 Mega Auction dates will be confirmed on 24th December 2020 and it would might be 29th December 2020.
Update: BCC called annual general meeting on 24 December 2020 to take decision to add 2 new teams in IPL.
IPL 2021 Mega Auction Date
IPL 2021 auction date will be finalized by the last week of December’2020. IPL Committee have not confirmed the same but given a big hit on this. On the other side Chennai Super Kings management and director also informed that they will drop some players before the start of IPL 2021 as their teams are poorest performance in the IPL 2020.
IPL 2021 Mega Auction Date: 29th December 2020
IPL 2021 Mega Auction Venue: Mumbai
Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab will be the most happier if Mega Auction will be conducted as these two teams are in the poorest form in IPL 2020.
What Are IPL 2021 Mega Auction Rules?
Rules for the IPL 2021 Mega Auction will be the same as it was before. All the teams will have some cards to exercise during the Auction Pool. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals will try to retain as much as possible as all the players of these two teams have performed well.
Rules for the IPL 2021 Mega Auction (Tentative)
• A team can retain up to 3 players straight up which can have a maximum of 2 overseas recruits.
• They can also use 2 RTM (Right-To-Match) cards exclusively at the auction table to take back the player who have played for them in the previous year.
• If a team has already retained 2 overseas players, they can’t use RTM for an overseas recruit whereas they can use 2 RTMs if they haven’t retained any overseas players or 1 RTM if they have retained a overseas player before auction.
This mega auction (if it goes ahead) will be one of the most intriguing auctions ever. In the Indian Premier League when it started, the teams didn’t have any clear picture of how an auction works or what were the dynamics of the auction but in the last 2 years or so, the game has evolved a lot and teams are doing a lot of groundwork to structure their team to be the best of the lot.
IPL 2021 Players Retentions List
Once the picture will be clear for the IPL 2021 Mega Auction, IPL 2021 Players Retentions list will be updated here.
