Ahead of the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League, franchise owners will be keenly waiting on the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s announcement where they announce the retention rules before the mega-auctions.
A report from Cricbuzz claims that the BCCI could delay the announcement till the end of the month possibly making the news public during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is slated to take place on September 29.
The announcement which was supposed to be made by the end of August could be delayed as franchise officials are reportedly being informed that there could be a delay in the final retention rules being made public.
The upcoming IPL mega-auction could serve as a platform for all franchises to completely overhaul their side in a bid to be title contenders in the long-term perspective. Due to the delay in announcing the retention rules, franchises would have to bide in their time and hope that the policies would work in their favour.
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The report also claimed that all the teams would have a deadline of November 15 to finalise their retentions and the Right-to-Match card will also be a feature present in the mega-auction which is supposed to be held in December 2024.
Speculations have already begun with several big-name players tipped to be released from their respective squads, this would prove to be an opportunity for other franchises to possibly bag some fine talents to bolster their respective squads.
A notable change that was announced earlier was the appointment of Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of the Rajasthan Royals following his stint as Team India’s Head Coach where he was part of the national team’s T20 World Cup 2024 winning campaign in Barbados.
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It will be interesting to see the franchises pick out their retentions based on the policy that is yet to be announced as several sides could be forced to release some fine talents that could ply their trade in a new outfit.
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