A mega auction will be organized before IPL 2025. Recently, a meeting was held between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL teams for the next season. Since then, the question on everyone's mind is how many players will be retained before the mega auction of IPL 2025 and whether there will be an option of Right to Match or not, now a big update has come out regarding this.

How many players will be retained before the mega auction?

In the meeting between BCCI and IPL teams, it was also reported that some teams want to remove the mega auction. But news is coming out that BCCI is unlikely to remove the mega auction. At the same time, according to the report of Cricbuzz, BCCI may allow teams to retain a maximum of six players before the mega auction. However, it is not yet clear whether all these players will be directly retained or some players will be retained in the team as per the Right to Match Card rule. Let us tell you, there was no rule of RTM card in the 2022 mega auction, but this time RTM card may return.

MS Dhoni can be seen playing

Recently, news came out that Dhoni will play the next season of IPL only if the BCCI implements the rule of retaining five to six players before the next season. Let us tell you, at present, there is a rule of retaining only 4 players before the mega auction. But according to the latest report, the number of retained players may increase. In such a situation, the chances of MS Dhoni playing will also increase. Dhoni can become a part of the team as the fifth or sixth retention. Apart from Chennai Super Kings, many other teams want to increase the number of players retained in IPL.