Everyone was waiting for IPL retention Meanwhile, BCCI president Jay Shah announced the match fees of cricketers, which are 7.5 lakh per match, leading to a potential earning of 1.05 crore for those playing all matches in the season. According to reports, the retention and auction details will be after the governing council meeting.
BCCI president Jay Shah announced the match fees of IPL players, which are Rs 7.5 lakh per game. Along with the contract amount of Rs 1.05 crore will the potential earning of a player who plays every match in one season.
Impact on players and franchises
The introduction of match fees has never had happened before. It provides a large amount of financial boost to players who were underpaid according to there potential. like Shashank Singh, Rinku Singh earns less but will get nearly double of it
“In a historic move to celebrate consistency and champion outstanding performances in the IPL, we are thrilled to introduce a match fee of INR 7.5 lakhs per game for our cricketers! A cricketer playing all league matches in a season will get Rs 1.05 crore in addition to his contracted amount.
Each Franchise will allocate INR 12.60 crores as match fees for the season! This is a new era for the IPL and our players”
– jay shah on his x post
Changes in auction and Teams
The IPL governing council is also set to announce new retention rules and an IPL mega auction soon. 5 players retention may be allowance along with the reintroduction of RTM card option before the auction. The governing council meeting and new retention rules will determine many players careers. These type of rules will not only boost players bank balance but also impact many players performances worldwide and new setup of BCCI will rule the cricket
Is MS Dhoni going to be uncapped?
Will Ms. Dhoni be uncapped or not? the governing meeting announcement will decide if Dhoni wants to feature himself in IPL 2025 or not and if he will be uncapped, then CSK can go for him to retain.
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Which new rules IPL governing council announced
1. If franchise wants to retain five players, the following amount will be deducted
-for the first three retentions INR 18 crore INR14 crore and INR 11 crore
-for the remaining two INR 18 crore and INR 14 CRORE
-INR 75 crore from 120 crore will a franchise lose while retaining five players
2. Not going away impact player
IPL has decided to retain the impact player rule and will be implemented for the next three seasons (2025, 2026, and 2027). The rule has been introduced in the 2023 season The rule has wide debate on whether it is beneficial to Indian cricket or not.
In IPL history, nine out of ten highest totals have been recorded since the impact rule came. But the IPL believes that it is good from the people’s point of view.
3. RTM(Right To Match)
This card gives a franchise the right to buy back a player who was there in their ranks last season. This card was used in 2017 but discarded ahead in the 2022 mega auction.
-it has now modified to advance the cause of the players
4. Injury replacement
Franchisees had to see a replacement for an injured player before the seventh match of the season till IPL 2024.From IPL 2025, the IPL will allow replacements until 12 matches in the league phase.
-Two seasons of ban in IPL auction and participating in tournament if a player registers in player auction and after getting picked and making unavailable before start of the season.
