Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kavya Maran supported the decision to increase the number of player retentions for each team ahead of the IPL 2025 season. During the IPL owners’ meeting at the BCCI Headquarters on Wednesday, Maran suggested that each team should have at least 6 retentions or as many RTM (Right to Match) options in order to preserve the core of their respective squads.
“We can use it as four retentions and two RTMS, or all six retentions, or all six RTMS and so on. The choice on whether a retention or RTM is used should be with the franchise based on discussions with the player,” Maran said.
“If only retentions are allowed, there is a good possibility that franchises will pay their retained players more than the retention value through side contracts. But with RTMs, a player gets the market price in the auction within the restrictions of the purse and this will ensure that the purse decides and restricts the purchasing power of all franchises and not the bank balance of the franchise,” she asserted.
Maran also suggested that if any player does not appear for the tournament despite getting selection in the auction should be banned if he does not have a serious injury.
“After being selected in the auction, if a player doesn’t come to play the season for any reason apart from injury, he should be banned,” she said.
