Right to Match Rules in IPL: A mega auction will be held ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, which could take place in November or December this year. Before this, the 10 franchises will have to prepare a list of their retained players and submit it by October 31.
Let us tell you that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently issued new rules regarding retention. According to this, a franchise can only retain a maximum of 6 players. If a team retains less than 6 players, then in that case the franchise will have the opportunity to use the Right to Match (RTM) card during the auction.
This RTM rule will increase the excitement in the mega auction this time. Because of this, there can be a huge rain of money for the players. But here some fans will definitely have this question in their mind: what is this RTM rule and how does it work? How can money be showered on players because of this rule? Let us know about them…
What is this right to match rule?
Let us tell you that this RTM rule was first implemented in 2017. But it was withdrawn for the mega auction that will be held in 2022. In view of the numerous conflicts between the franchises and the players, it has been implemented again. But this time there has been a slight change in this rule.
The Right to Match Card rule is a kind of option for the franchise, through which it can include the player it had recently released on its team again in the auction. Even if another franchise bids higher for that player in the auction, the former franchise has the opportunity to buy that player back under the RTM rule.
How does the RTM rule work?
When an offer is made for a player, the team that bid last is in a position to buy. The old team will then be asked if they want to use the RTM rule or not. If so, the team that bid last will have the opportunity to make the last bid. After that, if the previous team uses the RTM rule, they will have to pay the increased amount. Otherwise, the bidding team will buy that player.
Understand it this way with an example… Suppose the fast bowler Mohammed Shami is not retained by the Gujarat Titans (GT) team and he goes to the auction. So let’s assume that the team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) makes the latest offer of Rs 10 crore for him. The Gujarat team will then have the opportunity to include them again in their team using the RTM rules.
If the Gujarat team says yes, Chennai will have a chance to make the final offer. So let’s assume the Chennai franchise makes the final offer of Rs 15 crore. So Gujarat will have to buy Shami at this price as per RTM rule. If he doesn’t do this, the Chennai team will buy Shami for this price of Rs 15 crore.
Players will also be showered with money.
From this example it can also be understood that players can also receive huge sums of money in a similar way. When there is a competition between the new franchise and the old franchise to buy a player, there will be high hopes that those players will get a huge amount until the last offer. This way, a lot of money can be poured into these players.
