The BCCI held the much-awaited meeting with several IPL owners at the sight of an IPL 2025 mega auction on the 31st of July. The meeting was held on the fourth floor of the BCCI headquarters in the Wankhede Stadium. It has been gathered from BCCI sources that team owners like Shah Rukh Khan, Kavya Maran, Ness Wadia, Kiran Kumar Gandhi, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parth_Jindal">Parth Jindal</a>, Sanjiv Goenka, Rupa Gurunath, Manoj Badale, and Prathmesh Mishra. Some, like the Ambanis, have taken part in the debacle through video conference. Only as the debate remains on a major change in ownership for the Gujarat Titans has the franchise owners been able to participate in the meeting. The internal source of Cricbuzz has reported that the meeting was not very polite on its own, as there has been a heated exchange of words between KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan and Punjab Kings owner Ness Wadia. 



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 The two owners of the IPL teams argued over the requirement of a mega-auction. Reportedly, both SRK and SRH owner Kavya Maran were against the mega-auction to be held so quickly. The two teams wanted to hold onto their high-performing sides, and Maran even said it is tough to keep re-investing in players, as she mentioned how SRH has nurtured Abhishek Sharma, who has now grown to be a mature and responsible cricketer who is consistent with his performance. Maran simply stated that it takes time to mature younger players, and when it's time to harvest them, one can?t simply let them go due to the unnecessary urge for mega-auctions. However, to the contrary, Delhi Capitals owner Parth Jindal opposed the idea of not having a mega-auction. 



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 If all were retentions, the teams would offer lucrative side contracts to their players; however, the RTM gives a clear insight to the players on what their market value stands. Maran, the lady boss from the SRH camp, stated that even the retired players should not be treated as uncapped and hence be retained, though they can have a much higher value if let to the auction, through which she indicated on ex-India skipper MS Dhoni. 



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 Kavya Maran and the SRH management seemed a bit upset over the ex-Lankan skipper Wanindu Hasaranga as he pulled out of the IPL 2024, despite being bought at the auction by SRH. She added her team only wants mini-auctions, and the focus would be on a basic team structure that is built with great toil. They have asked the BCCI to take strict action or even impose a ban on overseas players who withdraw their participation after being bought, without any sustainable reason like an injury. She also insisted the BCCI not decide on how much the retained players should be paid; the salary deducted for pre-season retentions should be a net amount meant for the overall number of players. This should be left at the discretion of the franchises as to how they will distribute the amount among the players based on their calibre. With so much offered, the BCCI proposed to the owners that they would take all suggestions and proposals to the IPL governing council, and after reaching the desired conclusion, they would come back to the franchise teams with the decisions made.

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IPL 2025 is still a long way but all the fans and IPL franchises are eager for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League. For your information, let us tell you that there is going to be a mega auction of IPL this season. A meeting of IPL owners was held at the BCCI headquarters regarding this auction.



Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) owner Shahrukh Khan and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) owner Kavya Maran were seen opposing the IPL 2025 mega auction, but BCCI has not yet decided on it, the board will definitely decide on it by the end of August. Kolkata and Hyderabad have been the winner and runner-up of IPL 2024.



According to Cricbuzz, during the meeting, there was a heated debate between KKR owner Shahrukh Khan and Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia. Actually, the issue of debate was about the number of retentions. Shahrukh Khan was in favor of retaining more players, while Wadia was against more retention.



In a conference with Cricbuzzz, SRH Owner Kavya Maran said that "It takes a lot of time to build a squad and as discussed it also takes quite a bit of time and investment for the younger players to mature. It has taken Abhishek Sharma three years to become consistent with his performances. You would agree that there are many such examples in other teams too,"



Other franchise owners who attended the meeting were - Kiran Kumar Gandhi and Parth Jindal of Delhi Capitals, Sanjiv Goenka of Lucknow Super Giants, Rupa Gurunath of Chennai Super Kings, Manoj Badale of Rajasthan Royals and Prathamesh Mishra of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Mumbai Indians owner Ambani family joined the meeting through video conference.



Source: <a href="https://www.cricbuzz.com/">Cricbuzz</a>



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