Owners of IPL teams were divided in their opinions on issues ranging from the mega auction to the impact of the substitute player rule when they met BCCI officials here on Wednesday. With the mega auction expected to be held ahead of the 18th edition of the T20 league next year, the BCCI called a meeting here at its headquarters to discuss the tips and secretary Jay Shah confirmed the same after the meeting.
“The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday organized a constructive dialogue with the owners of the 10 franchises on various issues pertaining to the upcoming IPL season,” he said in a statement.
“The franchise owners have provided feedback on player regulations and other commercial aspects including core merchandising, licensing and gaming. The BCCI will now take these recommendations to the IPL Governing Council for further deliberation and evaluation before formulating the IPL player regulations IPL,” Shah added. at launch.
Teams will likely not be able to retain more than five players with a Right to Start (RTM) card. The RTM card gives the franchise the opportunity to match the final bid of a player on its roster from the previous season.
The BCCI secretary later confirmed to the media that the board will soon take its decisions on all the points that were discussed.
Among the team owners or co-owners who attended the meeting were Shah Rukh Khan of Kolkata Knight Riders, Kavya Maran of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ness Wadia of Punjab Kings, Sanjiv Goenka with his son Shashwat of Lucknow Super Giants, KK Grand and Parth Jindal of Capitals from Delhi.
Manoj Badale and Ranjit Barthakur of Rajasthan Royals, Prathamesh Mishra of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Kari Viswanathan and Rupa Gurunath of Chennai Super Kings, Amit Soni of Gujarat Titans while the owners of Mumbai Indians appeared online.
Wadia and SRK had a heated debate over the issue of whether to hold a mega auction or not.
However, Parth Jindal, director of JSW Sports, owner of Delhi Capitals, said there was “no real outcome” in the meeting as the teams sought to maintain their views on all matters discussed.
“No real results. It was just about listening to all the different perspectives from all the owners and the BCCI listened to us and now they are going to give us all the rules. Hopefully by the end of August we will know the rules for the next cycle,” he said Jindal told reporters here at the BCCI headquarters.
Jindal confirmed that there was no consensus between the teams in the context of the number of players they wanted to keep before the mega auction.
“Nothing (in the consensus). Some people want eight to 10, some people want four, some people want six… it’s all up in the air,” he responded.
Jindal confirmed that there was a debate whether there should be an auction in the IPL, while adding that Delhi Capitals are not against holding an auction.
“There was, yes, I was surprised. There was a debate. Some people said there should not be a mega auction. There should only be smaller auctions,” Jindal said.
“I’m not in that camp. I feel it (the auction) levels the playing field and it’s really good for everyone. It makes the IPL what it is. It makes it competitive. It makes it a level playing field.” he added.
“We are not on the same page on many issues. But I think the BCCI, in its wisdom, will decide. I think the president and the secretary will decide,” he said.
Jindal also expressed the opinion that Delhi Capitals are against the impact player rule by providing his views.
“Impact player rule, again, (there were) different opinions from different people. Some people want it because it gives a chance to young players to play in the IPL. Some people don’t want it because it is detrimental to Indian cricket in terms of developing versatile people, so it’s a mix,” he said.
“I’m in the second camp. I don’t want that. I prefer the game as it is – 11 against 11. I think all-rounders are very important. You have different players who don’t play in the IPL or don’t bat in the IPL because of this rule, which It’s not good for Indian cricket,” Jindal said.
Punjab Kings’ Wadia hopes decisions are taken in favor of “all stakeholders”, adding that the issue of availability of foreign players has also been discussed.
“We discussed various points, auctions, players, uncapped players. It was a good meeting, I am happy to be discussing with the BCCI and whatever is done will be in favor of the fans, the players and all the stakeholders,” Wadia said. the media.
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