Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[Neo 7]

Not gonna remember this season very fondly. Worst cricket final I have personally seen since 2017 CT

Asia Cup final 2023 ?

 

[Life Warrior]

I just hate Sidhu's commentary!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[SaiSrini]

And did you see this from the same handle?

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This whole week has been about very wild speculations, since the mega auction "retention" discussions are happening between BCCI and the franchises. And media outlets desperately want to grab eyeballs at this time by throwing out wild theories/fantasies about big player movements between franchises. Everything so far needs to be taken with an ocean load of salt.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

And did you see this from the same handle?

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This whole week has been about very wild speculations, since the mega auction "retention" discussions are happening between BCCI and the franchises. And media outlets desperately want to grab eyeballs at this time by throwing out wild theories/fantasies about big player movements between franchises. Everything so far needs to be taken with an ocean load of salt.

I could see KL Rahul leaving LSG though

 

[wasteyouryouth]

What does everyone think about the mega auction debate?

I do think it's a good way of trying to maintain a balanced league but I every three seems years is too often. Although, three years is a long in cricket.

 

[SaiSrini]

What does everyone think about the mega auction debate?

I do think it's a good way of trying to maintain a balanced league but I every three seems years is too often. Although, three years is a long in cricket.

Once in 5 years is the ideal balance (that is what most franchises are asking for) and keep the retentions to 5 players + 1 RTM.

 

[SaiSrini]

CSK suggest IPL rule change to retain Dhoni as uncapped player

The other franchises were not in favour of bringing back the old rule

www.espncricinfo.com

Don't know who the heck in the CSK management is proposing this, but this is absolute STUPIDITY!! Why would you want to disrespect MSD by retaining him as an 'uncapped player' just to pay him a smaller amount? Trust me, MS Dhoni is still worth the 3rd or 4th retention just for the value he brings to the team with his presence. You can easily pay him 6cr or 8cr if the retentions are 4 (16cr -> 12cr -> 8cr -> 6cr). It's good to hear that almost all other franchises are opposing this change.

MS Dhoni is getting retained and is very likely playing, but don't disrespect him like this by making him an 'uncapped player'.

 

[icyman]

What does everyone think about the mega auction debate?

It has to tie in with the league's standing. If they introduce new teams, then yes. But, doing it for the heck of doing so, isnt the way forth.

 

[Bevab]

What does everyone think about the mega auction debate?

I do think it's a good way of trying to maintain a balanced league but I every three seems years is too often. Although, three years is a long in cricket.

Have two ideas personally.

They ought to mandate a rule where every player under a certain age gets a payrise of a fixed percentage on their current contract every season. Maybe tie it in with this only applying to players who make a certain number of appearances. This way you don’t have someone being paid peanuts in their third season as a regular or even a star.

The other one would be to limit retentions to only one per team at a minimum of fifteen crores for said retainee. A bit extreme but I’d make that more palatable with 6-8 RTMs. This allows teams to not lock players in their side with under the table payments while their official contracts are nowhere near market value. If any team wants a player that they believe is worth the brand identity and loyalty… they can easily match whoever makes the highest bid.

I’d also scrap the trading window or whatever the heck it is now and make it easier for players to walk away from their franchise and turn up at the auction instead.

 

[icyman]

I would like to see the players being empowered with a RTD card (Right to Decline). For example, take Mitch Santner- has rarely gotten chances in CSK and has been warming the benches for the last few seasons. Allowing players 3 RTD card effectively means they can select 3 franchisees they dont want to play for. This will bring about an element of surprise during the auctions as well.

Imagine, if CSK go hard for Santner and get to know at the very end that he has declined them. This throws the auction wide open. The board/IPL would probably want to implement this now- seeing as someone like Rohit Sharma has been quite wronged by MI last year. Let's see what happens.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

For the first time in the recent past, the IPL's business enterprise value dropped to US$9.9 billion from US$11.2 billion last year​

May be reduce the amount of matches, provide better cricketing experience to fans stop with all this shuffles and improve broadcast experience.

 

[HotShots]

May be reduce the amount of matches, provide better cricketing experience to fans stop with all this shuffles and improve broadcast experience.

What happened to street Cricket?

 

[Till Valhalla]

What happened to street Cricket?

He is trying to cutoff a little cricket/sports from his life.

 

[HotShots]

He is trying to cutoff a little cricket/sports from his life.

Same I thought 4 Years back
But I can't , There are many Reasons that brings me back