IPL 2025 mega auction: Retention rules and all other details announced by the IPL Governing Council

The auction purse has been increased to INR 120 crores for the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction, the IPL Governing Council met in Bangalore on Saturday, September 28, to finalise the retention policy and other decisions regarding the auction.

The IPL GC has decided to allow the franchises to retain a maximum of six players through retentions and the Right To Match (RTM) option for the IPL 2025 mega auction. There were other important decisions that the IPL GC made and announced it all on Saturday evening.

The Chennai Super Kings can now retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player. The Impact Player rule will stay until the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027 season. Overseas players will have to enter the mega auction, otherwise, they won’t be allowed to enter the following year’s mini auction.

IPL 2025 mega auction: Retention rules and other decisions

1. The IPL franchises can retain a total of 6 players from their existing squad. This can be either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
2. It is at the discretion of the IPL franchise to choose their combination for Retentions and RTMs. The 6 retentions / RTM’s can have a maximum of 5 capped players (Indian & Overseas) and a maximum of 2 uncapped players.
3. The auction purse for the franchises has been set at INR 120 Crore for IPL 2025. The total salary cap will now consist of auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. Previously in 2024, the total salary cap (auction purse + incremental performance pay) was Rs. 110 Crs which will now be Rs. 146 Crs (2025), Rs. 151 Crs (2026) and Rs. 157 Crs (2027).
4. A match fee has been introduced for the first time in the history of IPL. Each Playing member (Including the Impact Player) will get a match fee of INR 7.5 Lakhs per match. This will be in addition to his contracted amount.
5. Any Overseas Player will have to register for the Big Auction. In case the overseas player doesn’t register, then he will be ineligible to register in the following year’s player auction.
6. Any player who registers in the player auction and after getting picked at the auction, makes himself unavailable before the start of the season, will get banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for 2 Seasons.

7. A capped Indian player will become uncapped, if the player has in the last five calendar years preceding the year in which the relevant Season is held, not played in the starting XI in International Cricket (Test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI. This will be applicable for Indian Players only.

8. The Impact Player Regulation will continue for the 2025 to 2027 cycle.

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