The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction is set to take place at the end of this year, with exciting player combinations anticipated. According to a report from The Indian Express, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may permit franchises to retain up to five players before the auction, with no Right To Match option available.
If franchises are allowed to retain five players, it would benefit the Mumbai Indians significantly, allowing them to keep their star players: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, and Hardik Pandya.
Sources from IANS indicate that the mega auction for IPL 2025 is likely to occur in late November or early December. The BCCI is expected to announce the specific rules and regulations shortly. Over the past decade, the IPL has conducted two major auctions, spaced four years apart, with the first in 2014 and the second in 2018, when the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings returned after a two-year suspension.
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Regarding the upcoming auction, BCCI sources confirmed to IANS that it is tentatively scheduled for late November or early December. “The IPL 2025 auction will occur in late November or early December this year, with the rules to be announced in a couple of days,” a BCCI source stated.
The 2021 mega auction was postponed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, during which teams extended their players’ contracts by an extra year.
Similar to the February 2022 auction and the December 2023 and 2024 auctions, the upcoming IPL mega auction is expected to span two days.
In the last mega auction in 2022, teams were allowed to retain up to four players. As the end of the three-year cycle approaches, there are varying opinions among franchises regarding the optimal number of retained players. While some teams advocate for a higher cap of up to eight players, others are content with the current limit of four or five.
