With a mega auction set to take place ahead of IPL 2025, all eyes are on how many players a franchise will be allowed to retain.

( MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) As the Indian Premier League (IPL) prepares for its next mega auction in 2025, former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu expressed a significant increase in player retention. Rayudu's call comes in response to the ongoing debate about the number of players each franchise should be allowed to retain.

Auction: Some franchises are in favour of increasing the players retention limit to as many as eight players. While others are satisfied with the current allowance of four or five.

IPL stalwarts Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu want a higher player retention ahead of the 2025 IPL auction as an unchanged core allows teams to excel in the world's biggest T20 competition. The IPL had allowed the teams to retain up to four players in the last mega auction held in 2022.

"I feel retentions have to be a lot more because a franchise invests a lot in players," Rayudu said. He believes this approach not only upholds each team's distinctiveness but also contributes to their continued success.