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The 11th edition of the most talked about cricket tournament, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, is still far away, yet all the franchises taking part in the event have started preparing to dominate the event.
The IPL started in 2007 and with the end of its 10th season, every team has a chance to prepare from start as the players’ contract has expired.
The mega IPL auction is going to take place on Jan 27 and 28 in Bengaluru. And ahead of the auction, the player retention is going to commence in Mumbai on January 4.
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Well, ahead of the auction, here is everything that you need to about the IPL 2018 Players’ Retention Policy:
What is Pre auction Retention?
In Pre auction retention, every single franchise taking part in the tournament can retain a maximum of three players.
For a sum of Rs 33 Crore, 3 players can be retained.
For a sum of Rs 21 Crore, 2 players can be retained.
For a sum of Rs 12.5 Crore, 1 player can be retained.
Right-to-Match card
The Right-to-match card is like a trump card for every franchise. It gives a chance to franchise to retain a player at the same auction price.
Squad size of every franchise
Every single franchise taking part in the 11th edition of IPL can have maximum 25 and minimum 18players in their side. In the 25-member squad, a franchise can have a maximum of eight foreign players in their squad.
List of players who are likely to be retained by their teams:
MI – Pandya Brothers, Rohit Sharma
KKR – Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Manish Pandey
RCB – AB De Villiers, Virat Kohli
SRH – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan
RR – Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith
CSK – MS dhoni, Suresh Raina, DJ Bravo
KXIP – David Miller, Glenn Maxwell
DD – Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant
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