IPL 2025: BCCI announces strict rules for overseas players ahead of mega auction, retentions

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL Governing Council (GC) have come down heavily at the overseas players with their new directives as part of the player retention rules for the 2025-27 cycle ahead of the mega auction. Looking at the prices soar in the mini-auction last year where Pat Cummins (INR 20.5 crore by SRH) and Mitchell Starc (INR 24.75 crore by KKR), the BCCI has made it mandatory for the players to register in the mega auction to be eligible to get picked in the subsequent season’s mini-auction as well.