The Indian Premier League governing council Monday announced the TATA IPL player regulations that will be in place for the next three IPL seasons (2025-2027).
It is no coincidence that the term duration of said player regulations also tally with the duration of the current IPL media rights cycle (2023-2027), which has three more years to run.
The new retention rules allows each franchise to retain five capped players and two uncapped ones. However, franchises can retain only six players, either through direct retention or RTM.
Decisions taken by IPL governing council
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).
Applicable only for IPL 2025
First three capped players cost: INR 18 crs, INR 14 crs, and INR 11 crs.
Two additional capped players cost: INR 18 crs & INR 14 crs.
Uncapped retention cost: INR 4 crs
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 the BCCI. This will be applicable for Indian players only.
8. The impact player regulation will continue for the 2025 to 2027 cycle.
IPL 2025 retention deadline date
The IPL 2025 retention deadline is Thursday, October 31 at 5:00 PM IST. This is the period when all the IPL franchises are supposed to submit their retained list and released players to the BCCI.
IPL retention telecast and live streaming
The IPL 2025 retention telecast will be available on the Star Sports Network. For live streaming, one can view it on the JioCinema app and website.
