As the anticipation builds for the IPL 2025 season, each franchise has made strategic decisions on which players will continue to wear their jerseys. These decisions weren’t made lightly; the dynamics of the retention process involved complex calculations around team needs, player form, and budget constraints. Teams faced the delicate task of balancing loyalty to […]

Excitement for the biggest cricketing event to be held in India – the Indian Premier League, or IPL – has been gradually building up among fans and experts alike in speculating on the retention of which players by which of the 10 teams. And just ahead of the deadline for retentions on October 31 came […]

The modalities of the upcoming auction and the season ahead were discussed at the recent meeting of the BCCI with the IPL franchise owners in Mumbai. There were heated discussions at times during this gathering, especially on the topic of player retention that saw some divergent views from two high-profile owners, KKR co-owner Shah Rukh […]