NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League governing council, which met here Wednesday, has allowed Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, two IPL franchises that have served out their two year suspensions, to retain the players who were on their respective 2015 rosters.
“An IPL Franchise is eligible to secure up to five players by virtue of a combination of player retention (pre player auction) and right to match (RTM – a franchise’s right to match the highest bidder during the player auction),” BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary said in a statement after the meeting.
“The player pool available for CSK and RR for retention/RTM will be the players’ who played for them respectively in IPL 2015 and who were part of RPS (Rising Pune Supergiant) and Gujarat Lions squads in IPL 2017,” he added.
CSK and Rajasthan Royals were suspended after top officials of the two franchises were indicted for betting in IPL 2015.
The IPL governing council also hiked the salary budget of the franchises from Rs 660 million to Rs 800 million for next year’s auction, tentatively set for February, PTI reports.
“The minimum spend will be 75 per cent of the salary cap for each season,” the BCCI stated.
