As the first two new teams are added next season, a mega auction will take place before the 15th season to select players for those teams. Thus, a team can retain 3 domestic players + one foreign player or two domestic and foreign players each. After that, the BCCI recently officially announced that the new teams could retain 2 domestic players and one foreign player.
Key players in the auction:
In this scenario, the IPL teams are said to be pouring in millions to buy key players like David Warner, Sanju Samson, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav in the mega auction. Thus, it was predicted that many players would bid over Rs 15 crore. Earlier, it was reported that the new teams will retain them.
Rajasthan Royals:
In the current situation, it has been confirmed that the Rajasthan Royals management has come forward to retain Captain Sanju Samson for Rs 14 crore. He joined the Rajasthan team in 2018, when he was paid Rs 8 crore. He has been performing well as the first captain since last season. However, they did not advance to the play-off round.
Foreign players Ben Stokes (12.5 crore), Jobra Archer (7.2 crore) and Jas Butler (4.4 crore) are also likely to retain two of them. Aiming to save money, Ben Stokes is less likely to retain. The information will be released by the 30th.
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