We’ll soon get clarity on the IPL retention policy for the 2025 edition. There is speculation on the number of players franchises will be allowed to retain, with reports suggesting that 5 players will be allowed to be retained and RTM (Right to Match) Cards won’t be used at the mega auction. Cricket 7 months IPL 2025 Rumours: Rohit Sharma to leave MI, KL Rahul to join RCB & MS Dhoni at CSK – yes or no? According to Cricbuzz, there will be an IPL Governing Council meeting today (September 28) at 6:30 PM (originally at 11:30 AM) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bengaluru. The announcement regarding the retention policy for the IPL 2025 season will be out in 24 hours. This could very well mean that we might get to know about the retention rules today and most definitely by tomorrow. The IPL GC meeting is taking place a day before the BCCI AGM (Annual General Meeting) takes place. All the important figures, Arun Dhumal (IPL Chairman), Jay Shah (BCCI Secretary), Ashish Shelar (BCCI Treasurer), Avishek Dalmiya, Vankina Chamundeswara Nath (ICA representative) and CM Sane, will be present for the meeting. Cricket 2 months Test Cricket 2 months Unlike Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer Cricket 6 months After crushing Rohit Sharma’s team, Mitchell Santner Cricket 6 months IPL 2025: KKR’s “mis”communication with Shreyas Iyer and Cricket 6 months ‘Electrifying’ veteran Virat Kohli gets birthday wishes Cricket 6 months AFG vs BAN 1st ODI: Sharjah Cricket Stadium pitch report Cricket 6 months When is Team India’s next match? Cricket 6 months Shikhar Dhawan believes India “well-prepared” to complete Cricket 6 months Harmanpreet Kaur fires herself into top 10 ICC women’s ODI Cricket 6 months BAN vs AFG ODI: All you need to know about Bangladesh vs Cricket 6 months Gautam Gambhir in the line of BCCI’s fire, to be “grilled” Cricket 6 months Anushka Sharma’s Instagram post on Virat Kohli’s birthday Cricket 6 months Lesson learnt! Pakistan set to include snubbed Fakhar Cricket 6 months “Shaped me into the player I am today” – Parag pays Cricket 6 months ‘They will not go at all’: Aakash Chopra predicts Delhi IPL 2025: Mega auction date & venue The decision to call for an IPL GC seems to be last minute. There was an IPL franchise owners and BCCI office-bearers meeting in July end and it was expected that a ruling would come soon. The deadline to announce the retention policy was August end, but we are reaching October. Since it’s already too late, we might see the date and venue for the auction to be announced together with the retention rules. The date and venue for the event are yet to be confirmed. Usually, the auction takes place in India and in December. But last year, Dubai was selected as the venue. The IPL 2025 mega auction is expected to be held outside India. Dubai, Doha, or Saudi Arabia are the names that have been floated up, and the dates will likely be November 16-17 or November 23-24.