Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 auction, there is a lot of talk about the retention rules of players. Let us tell you that BCCI had announced that before the auction, there will be a slab of Rs 18 crore for the first retention of each franchise.

However, now a surprising report is coming out. According to this report, Sunrisers Hyderabad is retaining Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore. This amount is Rs 5 crore more than the slab limit. According to the report, a franchise can retain a player for longer than the prescribed slab, as long as the total amount of multiple players is equal to or less than INR 75 crore (considering retaining five players).

As per the retention rules, an IPL franchise can retain its first capped player for Rs 18 crore, second capped player for Rs 14 crore, third capped player for Rs 11 crore, fourth for Rs 18 crore and fifth for Rs 14 crore. Can keep. In this, the uncapped Indian can be retained for Rs 4 crore. The report also believes that a franchisee can distribute those rupees as per his choice.

As per the rules, the retention deduction is of the overall amount rather than the per player fee, irrespective of the amount paid to the 5 players, in this case Rs 75 crore. If the total amount is more than Rs 75 crore then the actual amount will be deducted. If the amount is less than Rs 75 crore then Rs 75 crore will be deducted.

All franchisees will have to keep this in mind

Even if a franchise retains its designated players for less than Rs 75 crore, a fixed amount will still be deducted. However, the ability to freely distribute money to retained players could prove to be a big boost for the franchise.

However, it remains to be seen how different teams use this rule as fans wait to see who are the players retained by the franchises ahead of the auction.