There could be a consensus on increasing the team’s purse to Rs 120 million and retentions for up to six, including ‘Right To Match’ (RTM) options, during the IPL Board of Governors meeting with the owners of all 10 franchises in Mumbai on Wednesday. With a major auction scheduled for later this year, the arrangements need to be sorted out and five points will be on the agenda of the BCCI team owners’ meeting, where differing opinions may emerge on some of the points. Although the BCCI does not announce the rules and regulations on team formation, input from owners will be taken into consideration.
PTI spoke to several franchises and there was one aspect where they all agreed that the team’s current purse of Rs 100 crore needs to be increased by at least 20 to 25 percent.
“I think it (the stock market rise) is happening for sure. The standard increase should be between 20 and 25 per cent and therefore anything in the range of Rs 120 crore to Rs 125 crore will be a fair deal. Most franchises would agree to this,” a senior official of one of the IPL franchises told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
However, the biggest problem is player retention, where it can be difficult to reach common ground as most teams have different requirements.
While one powerful franchise appears to have suggested up to eight retentions, including RTMs, it is unlikely that others will agree with this.
Currently, the IPL allows four retentions per year, three of which are Indian and one foreign. It is believed that most teams want retention to be between five and six.
“Obviously continuity and maintaining a core is very important going forward. Six (retentions) may be allowed, including some RTM cards with at least one unlimited player being kept in the mix. But there may be some debate over the number of cards abroad.
“There are teams like Delhi Capitals (Jake Fraser-McGurk and Tristan Stubbs) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (Pat Cummins, Heinrich Klaasen and Travis Head) who would like more than one overseas retention,” an IPL source added.
The other point of contention could be the ‘Impact Player’ rule and while T20 World Cup-winning Indian captain Rohit Sharma and batsman Virat Kohli have spoken openly about how this could affect the development of all-rounders, Neither franchise would mind a contest where 12 players will be available.
They are in the business of cricket and possibly it is BCCI’s duty to protect all-rounders, who are becoming rare because of this rule.
But then the counter argument from a franchise like Chennai Super Kings could be that the ‘Impact Player’ rule would allow their talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni to continue for another year.
If the Impact Player rule ends, Dhoni, who is currently ranked 8th, cannot afford to do this and also have Shivam Dube in the playing XI without utilizing his bowling, which is cannon fodder for the batsmen.
There will also be discussions on IPL playing rights and revenue sharing from the IPL Central Merchandising pool.
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