IPL 2018: Players auction to be held on Jan 27 and 28

Now it has been officially announced the dates of the player auction in VIVO IPL 2018. It will take place on January 27 and 28 in Bangluru. 

This year’s auction will see teams having an increased budget of Rs 80 crore from previous Rs 66 crore. In all five players can be retained by a franchise, which includes two Right to Match cards. The return of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals to the cash-rich league could see a lot of movement before the season gets underway. With retention rules in place, Chennai will have a shot at retaining star players like MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin.

“A maximum of either 3 retention or 3 RTM at the discretion of the franchises. If there is no retention before player auction then franchises can have up to 3 RTM,” the IPL Governing Council announced earlier this month.

The player pool available for CSK for retention/RTM will be those who played for them in IPL 2015 and who were part of RPS and GL squads in IPL 2017.

CSK emerged as one of the most decorated teams in the opening decade of the IPL by winning the title twice, finishing runners-up on four occasions and qualifying to the Playoffs in all eight seasons that they featured in.