New IPL rule could spell trouble for Overseas Players in terms of participation in the future editions of the league.
New IPL rule means that overseas players could face a ban from playing in future IPL tournaments.
Foreign players will now face two-year bans if they withdraw from the IPL during a season after being purchased at auction for no good reason. Apart from that, the “lower of the highest retention price” (INR 18 crore, or roughly US$ 2.1 million) or “the highest auction price at the mega auction” will be the price tags for foreign players in the mini auction.
During their July meeting with the IPL governing council, all ten IPL teams requested that action be taken against players who choose to opt out after being purchased at auction. The franchises requested the IPL to implement significant deterrents because they were unhappy with how their plans were ruined by late withdrawals by foreign players.
In a document shared with franchises listing the retention rules, the IPL said: “any player who registers for [an] auction and after getting picked at the auction, makes himself unavailable before the start of the season, will get banned from participating in the IPL/IPL auction for two seasons.” The only exception, the governing council said, will be for “an injury/medical condition, which will have to be confirmed by the [player’s] home board”.
The teams’ proposal to require international players to register for mega auctions has also been approved by the IPL. They contended that by doing this, players and their representatives will be deterred from attempting to make significant profits at the mini auctions, when teams are typically prepared to part with enormous sums of money to fill specialised roster gaps.
As of right now, the player will be up for auction as usual until they are sold, at which point the auction purse will be debited with the winning bid. The extra money over INR 16 or 18 crore, depending on the situation, will be deposited with BCCI. The additional money deposited with BCCI would be used to support the welfare of the players.”