Right after BCCI confirmed a mega auction for the next season, fans started to search for the IPL mega auction 2025 rules and regulations.
IPL 2025 mega auction will be a key event for the teams to revamp their squad but the same will be a burden for some teams who already put a lot of effort into building a team in the last three seasons.
With lots of discussions revolving around the IPL mega auction 2025 rules, BCCI organised an IPL franchise meeting on 31 July 2024 where the teams made multiple suggestions for the auction including a two-year ban on overseas players who skip the tournament after being bought at the auction.
Though IPL franchises make some recommendations, the board will decide. Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, as of the previous mega auction, the franchise will announce their retained and released players list as per the rules.
Along with the released players, players who met the eligible criteria will register their names for the IPL 2025 mega auction from which the board will list out the qualified players’ names along with their base price ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction date.
IPL Mega Auction 2025 Rules
The IPL 2025 mega auction is expected to be hosted in December of this year or February of the next year. The IPL 2025 auction date will be updated here right after the official announcement from BCCI.
Players who the BCCI approves to be a part of the IPL 2025 mega auction will be grouped under three different categories – Capped, Uncapped, and Overseas players.
Following are the details of the IPL 2025 mega auction rules:
- A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian(capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
- It is clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
- As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
- The decision over the Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2025 Mega Auction is yet to be announced.
- Each franchise will receive a budget of INR 100 crore for the auction from which a team should spend at least 75 percent (INR 75 Crore) on players. Moreover, franchises can spend 30-40 percent of their budget on the top 5 players.
- BCCI will finalize the auction players list and group them into three different categories: Capped, Uncapped, and Overseas players.
- Capped – Indian players who represented the country’s senior team in any format at least once.
- Uncapped – Indian domestic players who are in the first-class circuit but haven’t represented India in any international matches.
- Overseas – Players who are not from India. This category will contain all capped, uncapped non-Indian players.
- A team can compromise a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players in their squad.
- A team can hold a maximum of eight foreign players with only four being allowed to field at one time during the match.
IPL 2025 Player Retention Rules
The IPL 2025 Retention Rules vary based on the number of RTMs available in the auction. Each team can hold up to five players ahead of the auction.
It comes in combination with the ‘right-to-match’ (RTM) policy. As per IPL Mega Auction 2025 rules, a team can retain up to three Indian-capped players, up to two overseas and one uncapped Indian player.
RTM is an option that teams can use on players that match a bid during the auction to ensure the player is retained. BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision on the number of players retained.
- If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
- Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.
If a team retains 4 of its players then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:
*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary
| Deductions for 4 Players | INR 42 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 16 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 12 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 8 Cr |
| Player 4 | INR 6 Cr |
If a team retains 3 of its players then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:
| 3 players deduction | INR 33 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 15 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 11 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 7 Cr |
If a team retains 2 of its players then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:
| 2 Players deduction | INR 24 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 14 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 10 Cr |
If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores
| 1 Player deduction | INR 14 Cr |
How to Watch IPL 2025 Mega Auction?
The IPL 2025 mega auction will be LIVE on Star Sports and Jio Cinema. IPL fans can get the live players’ transfer of the IPL 2025 mega auction here as Times of Sports will update the live updates of the event here.
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