Mega auction will be organized before IPL 2025. Recently there was a meeting between the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI and IPL teams for the next season. Since then, the question in everyone’s mind is how many players will be retained before the mega auction of IPL 2025 and whether there will be an option of Right to Match or not, now a big update has come out regarding this.
How many players will be retained before the mega auction?
In the meeting between BCCI and IPL teams, it was also reported that some teams want to remove the mega auction. But news is coming out that BCCI is unlikely to remove the mega auction. At the same time, according to the reports, BCCI may allow teams to retain a maximum of six players before the mega auction. However, it is not yet clear whether all these players will be directly retained or some players will be retained in the team fixed by the Right to Match card rule. There was no rule of RTM card in the 2022 mega auction, but this time, it may return.
MS Dhoni can be seen playing
Recently, news came out that Dhoni will play the next season of IPL only if the rule of retaining five to six players by BCCI is implemented before the next season. Let us tell you, at present, there is a rule of retaining only 4 players before the mega auction. But according to the latest report, the number of retained players can increase. The chances of MS Dhoni playing will also increase. Dhoni can become a part of the team as the fifth or sixth retention. Apart from Chennai Super Kings, many other teams want to increase the number of players retained in IPL.
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Dhoni played with injury in the last season and later also underwent surgery. But he did not announce retirement. Since then, it is expected that Dhoni can play another season of IPL. Dhoni has played 264 matches in IPL so far. During this time he has scored 5243 runs. He has also won the IPL title 5 times for Chennai Super Kings under his captaincy. He is one of the most successful captains of IPL.