The 574 players will be competing to fill the 204 slots that that are to be filled across the 10 IPL teams. From India, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Arshdeep Singh are some of the biggest names for whom the IPL teams will go hammer and tongs during the auction. The biggest names in the top bracket from overseas are Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje from South Africa, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc from Australia. Marco Jansen and Rachin.
Ahead of the IPL auction the 10 teams were allowed to retain players from the 2024 squads. The teams chose players of their preference and released the others. According to the rules and regulations of the IPL auction, the teams could retain a maximum of six players from their existing squads. The teams will also have the privilege of using Right to Match cards during the auction.
The teams were allowed to retain a maximum of five capped players (Indian or overseas) and two uncapped players (Indian or overseas).
What exactly is Right to Match card, how can the teams use the RTM and which team has how many RTM cards remaining for the upcoming auction? We answer all these questions below.
What is Right to Match (RTM) card?
A RTM card gives a team the advantage of getting one of its released players back during the auction by matching the highest bid.
A team that has retained six players will have no RTM card available during the auction, while a team that has not retained any player will have six RTM cards. Also if a team has retained five capped players then the RTM card can be used to buy back only one uncapped player. Similarly if
For the IPL mega auction, there is a change in the RTM rule. This rule change is explained with an example.
Kolkata Knight Riders have released their skipper from previous season Shreyas Iyer. Iyer’s base price is Rs 2 crore. During the auction, there is a bidding war for Iyer and Mumbai Indians have the final bid of Rs 25 crore. he auctioneer would then ask if KKR want to use their RTM card. If KKR opt to use the RTM card for Iyer then Mumbai Indians will have the chance to up their bid one final time. If MI increase their bid value to ₹30 crore then KKR must match the bid to get Iyer back.
Previously, the bidding team had no option to raise a bid once an RTM card was used.
Which team has how many RTM cards remaining for the upcoming auction?
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Players Retained: 5 (all 5 retained players are capped)
RTM cards available: 1
Players eligible for RTM: 1 uncapped player
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Players Retained: 5 (all 5 retained players are capped)
RTM cards available: 1
Players eligible for RTM: 1 uncapped player
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Players Retained: 5 (4 capped and 1 uncapped)
RTM cards available: 1
Players eligible for RTM: 1 capped or 1 uncapped player
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Players Retained:3 (2 capped and 1 uncapped)
RTM cards available:3
Players eligible for RTM: 3 capped or 2 capped and 1 uncapped
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Players Retained: 4 (3 capped and 1 uncapped)
RTM cards available: 2
Players eligible for RTM: 2 capped or 1 capped and 1 uncapped
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Players Retained: 6 (4 capped and 2 uncapped)
RTM cards available: –
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Players Retained: 6 (5 capped and 1 uncapped)
RTM cards available: –
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Players Retained: 5 (3 capped and 2 uncapped)
RTM cards available: 1
Players eligible for RTM: 1 capped player
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Players Retained: 5 (3 capped and 2 uncapped)
RTM cards available: 1
Players eligible for RTM: 1 capped
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Players Retained:2 (both are uncapped players)
RTM cards available:4
Players eligible for RTM: 4 capped
