New Delhi: Set to make a comeback next
season, tainted teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals
might be allowed to retain players who played for Rising Pune
Supergiants and Gujarat Lions in the last two years, going by
a proposal floated by the IPL Governing Council.
The move, if agreed upon by franchises during next
month's workshop, will pave way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's
much-anticipated return to Chennai Super Kings.
"We are going to propose minimum 3 retentions --1
Indian and 2 foreigners. The players, who played for Pune and
Gujarat in last two years can be retained by Chennai Super
Kings and Rajasthan Royals. We will place it infront of owners
during workshop next month," an IPL GC member told PTI after
the meeting.
The proposal if accepted will mean that Dhoni, who
played for Pune Supergiants Supervisors in the last two
editions, will be automatically retained by CSK. Ditto for
Suresh Raina or Ravindra Jadeja, who played for Gujarat Lions.
When IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla was contacted, he said
that total retentions including Right To Match (RTM) could be
anything between three to five, depending upon what majority
of the franchises agree.
It was also learnt that majority of the franchises want
an increase in salary purse from Rs 60 cr to Rs 75 crore while
a few want it to be Rs 80 crore.
"Most of the franchises want the salary purse to Rs 75
crore. I guess it would be done," the official said.
