BCCI may allow IPL teams to retain 5 players before the Player Auction later 2024. It is going to be tough for the team managements in the coming months without their Right to Match cards during the auction.
Mega Auctions can be tough for teams that perform well last season.
Many things are going to change in this Mega Auction.
For example, Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans, and Mumbai Indians may see it as a fresh start and as per the report there are five player retainments and no RTMs, some surprising players might be release by IPL teams.
As Ravichandran Ashwin criticize the RTM option earlier this month,
BCCI was suppose to announce these rules in late August 2024, but it postpone the same because of the mega auctions later 2024.
Teams want to maintain their current balance and aren’t keen on changes.
These 5 players IPL teams might retain :
| TEAM | PLAYERS |
| Chennai Super Kings | Ruturaj Gaikwad MS Dhoni/Matheesha Pathirana Sameer Rizvi Ravindra Jadeja Rachin Ravindra |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Virat Kohli Faf du Plessis Will Jacks Yash Dayal Mohammad Siraj |
| Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant Jake Fraser-McGurk Tristian Stubbs Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav |
| Punjab Kings | Sam Curran Arshdeep Singh Kagiso Rabada Prabsimran Singh Shashank Singh |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Travis Head Abhishek Sharma Heinrich Klassen Nitish Reddy Pat Cummins/T Natarajan |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson Jos Buttler Yashasvi Jaiswal Riyan Parag Trent Boult |
| Lucknow Super Giants | KL Rahul Quinton de Kock/Nicolas Pooran Marcus Stoinis Ravi Bishnoi Devdutt Padikkal/Ayush Badoni |
| Gujarat Titans | Shubman Gill David Miller Sai Sudarshan Mohammad Shami Rashid Khan |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Shreyas Iyer Rinku Singh Nitish Rana/Varun Chakaravarthy Andre Russell/Rahmanullah Gurbaz Sunil Narine |
| Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya Suryakumar Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Tilak Varma Rohit Sharma/Ishan Kishan |
