On Tuesday, two IPL franchise owners proposed to conduct next edition’s players’ auction in England but a majority of people opposed them during a meeting with the BCCI in Mumbai.

As quoted in PTI, a senior BCCI official said, “Yes, there were discussions whether we could shift this year’s auction abroad. A couple of franchise owners suggested England as this will be a big auction with most players back in the pool. However, a majority of the members want it to be held in India.”

Rajasthan Royals owners have suggested getting rid of the retention policy as well as Right to Match (RTM) while Kings XI Punjab wants the retention policy to stay at two players.
Most of the other franchises wanted anything between 3 to 5 (including retention and Right To Match) while salary cap will be raised from Rs 60 crore to Rs 75 crore.

It was after a long time that majority of the owners turned up for a discussion over lunch with the IPL governing council members. An official informed, “The meeting was well attended. Delhi Daredevils owner GM Rao, Mumbai Indians’ Akash Ambani, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Shah Rukh Khan and Jay Mehta, Kings XI Punjab’s Mohit Burman and Ness Wadia were present. Rajasthan Royals was represented by Manoj Badale while CSK’s representative John George.”

However, IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla did not disclose any information after the meeting got over. He said, “The meeting went off well. The idea was to invite actual team owners and solicit their views now that 10 years have concluded. Lot of things like retention, salary cap, squad strength were discussed. Majority of the owners want player retention. I think we will be able to finalize the details in a fortnight.”