IPL: Teams allowed to retain 4 players, 3 picks for new teams

BCCI on Saturday has confirmed that the eight original IPL teams can retain a maximum of four players while the two new teams will be able to pick three players outside of the auction.

“The 8 existing team will first get the opportunity to retain a maximum of 4 Players and thereafter the 2 new teams will be able to retain a maximum of 3 players before the auction,” the BCCI said in a mail to the franchises.

The board further confirmed that the salary Cap for the IPL 2022 Season will be ₹ 90 Crs for all the teams adding that the “The window for the 8 existing teams to retain the players will be from the 1st November 2021 to 30th November 2021. Thereafter the 2 new teams will have the window to retain the players starting from 1st December 2021 to 25th December 2021.”

The BCCI also stated that the old franchises cannot retain more than three Indians (capped/uncapped) players while restricting the number of overseas players in the retention list to two. It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.

As for the new teams, two Indians can be picked outside the auction while number of overseas players can only be one. Besides, the new teams can pick only one uncapped player before auction.