IPL 2024 is being organized in India. A total of 23 matches have been played in this tournament. There was to be a meeting of all the franchise owners during the IPL. This meeting was to be organized on 16 April, but now it has been cancelled. Actually, this decision has been taken due to the changes in the schedule of IPL. BCCI has informed the franchise owners about this. However, no announcement has been made yet regarding any new date. During this meeting, many major decisions are to be taken regarding the auction to be held for the next season.
Why was the meeting cancelled?
The meeting between BCCI/IPL officials and franchise promoters was to be held on the sidelines of the IPL match between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals in Ahmedabad. But that game has now been postponed by a day, while the BCCI has postponed the Kolkata Knight Riders-Rajasthan Royals match at the Eden to April 16. The board has taken this decision regarding Ram Navami festival in Kolkata and security in the city.
Big decisions were to be taken in the meeting
According to the report of Cricbuzz, the meeting was to discuss the future strategy for the IPL in the mega-auction to be held next year. For this, invitations for the meeting were sent to all the ten owners of IPL franchises. It was anticipated that the owners might be accompanied by their CEO and operational team. During this, it was expected to be discussed regarding retention of players and increasing the purse. In fact, during the mega auction, any team can retain only four players, while each franchise has Rs 100 crore in its purse.
Earlier it was reported that some franchises were in favor of retaining eight players. But now team owners are demanding re-introduction of the Right to Match (RTM) card option that was introduced in the IPL 2018 mega auction. Top BCCI officials want to discuss this issue with the team owners to take a decision in the meeting. According to the report, the franchises are on the same page to have more RTM options in the auction instead of more retention. In such a situation, the number of players to be retained may reduce to only one.
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