The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will shortly unveil a strategy that would reward uncapped Indian IPL players for each international participation. Several players find themselves on the bench for a minimal price during an IPL season yet earn appearances for Team India, mainly through the second-string team.
Players purchased in the IPL auction are locked in for three years at the same price until they are released and picked up by a new club for a different cost at the subsequent auction. However, there is now an underlying regulation that requires a player fee to be doubled if an uncapped player plays 10 international matches in two IPL seasons.
The BCCI has published the guidelines for the uncapped Indian players’ incentive scheme, which includes two key conditions: the auction price and the amount of international appearances between two seasons.
The statement is as follows:
(a) Prior to the start of any Season the League Fee payable to any player who is uncapped is less than Rs. 50 Lakhs; and
(b) Such player is then capped or achieves 5 or 10 Caps at any time during the period from the end of one Season up to the start of the next Season
(c) the League Fee payable to such Player for such next season and any subsequent season if such player’s contract is extended by the relevant franchise shall be Rs. 50 Lakhs for so long as such player has 1 Cap, Rs. 75 Lakhs for so long as such player has 5-9 Caps and Rs. 1 crore if the player has 10 Caps or more; and
(d) if such player is subsequently traded then prior to such trade his League Fee shall be deemed to be determined under paragraph (c) above. It is clarified that for the purposes of calculating the Salary Cap, if the player is traded, then any increase in a player’s League Fee will apply to the new franchise’s Salary Cap. However, if the player remains with the existing team, then such increase will not affect the Franchisee’s Salary Cap and the Salary Cap will remain the same as it was before the increase in Player’s League Fee.”
The BCCI has also issued a clarification to distinguish between capped and uncapped players. For a player to be recognized as capped, he has to (a) play in the starting XI in International Cricket (Test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) for an ICC Full member or (b) has a Central Contract with his national cricket board, being an ICC Full member.
Furthermore, even if players from associate nations have previously represented their country, they will be considered uncapped by the league.
BCCI to conduct IPL 2024 mini-auction to take place in Dubai on December 19
The upcoming IPL 2024 mini-auction on Tuesday, December 19, organized by the BCCI, will provide franchises a chance to bolster their squads. For the first time, the event will be held overseas in Dubai.
According to Cricbuzz, independent professional auctioneer Mallika Sagar, who oversaw the last two WPL auctions, will also oversee the IPL 2024 mini-auction.
“An independent professional auctioneer, Ms. Mallika Sagar, will conduct the auction and she will be the sole arbiter as to all aspects of the auction,” the BCCI informed franchises.