The Indian Premier League is all set to expand from the next season with the addition of two new teams – Lucknow and Ahmedabad. This will add extra competitiveness as the previous teams fight against new contenders. The mega auction will take place before the next season, giving the new franchise a fair chance to have a quality team. Ahead of the auction, the old eight franchises face a difficult task – player retention.
According to the rules, each franchise can retain a maximum of 4 players. Of these, a maximum of two can be foreign cricketers and only three Indians will be allowed to retain before the auction.
The BCCI has announced that all the franchises will have to submit the list of retained players by 30 November 2021.
cost of retaining players
Retaining players will cost the franchise a hefty amount such that if a team decides to exercise all the 4 options of retention then the total purse available for 4 players will be Rs 42 crores. The first selected player will get Rs 16 crore, second will get Rs 12 crore, third will get Rs 8 crore and fourth will get Rs 6 crore for his services.
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Whereas if a team chooses three retained players, then Rs 33 crore will be deducted from their total purse. So the purse would be Rs 33 crore. The first retained player will get Rs 15 crore, while the second and third selected player will get Rs 11 and 7 crore respectively.
In case of two-player retention, the franchise will pay INR 14 and 10 crores to the player of its first and second choice respectively. Whereas, if a franchise retains only one player, it will get Rs 14 crore.
Potential retention from each franchise
No franchise has yet announced their official list of players but there are several reports about the players’ choices. According to the Indian Express, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will retain their captain MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad and England all-rounders Moeen Ali and Sam Curran.
Delhi Capitals has decided to retain Rishabh Pant as the captain ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. Apart from this, he has also retained Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Enrique Nortje as per ESPNCricinfo.
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Five-time champions Mumbai Indians will retain skipper Rohit Sharma, pacer Jasprit Bumrah and wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan, while discussions are underway with West Indies great Kieron Pollard, reports NDTV. Meanwhile, some cricket critics have advised Mumbai to retain Suryakumar Yadav.
From other franchises, RCB are expected to retain their former captain Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal. There is a high chance that they can choose between Devdutt Padikkal, Mohd Siraj and Harshal Patel.
Several reports suggested that Rajasthan Royals have decided to retain Sanju Samson as their captain for the next season along with Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes.
Sunrisers Hyderabad can choose Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan as their two retained players. While KKR will look for a new captain in the auction and will retain only Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty.
For Punjab Kings, they face a tough dilemma as according to some reports, KL Rahul wants to play for a new franchise next season which will force PBKS to retain only Mayank Agarwal.
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