The player retention announcement for the 11th edition o😼f Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place on Thursday, January 4. Every team has a chance of retaini♍ng a maximum of three players.
The IPL auction day, meanwhile, gives a chance to the teams to retain their other two players via the Right to Match (RTM) card. The IPL auction dates are January 27 and 28. The limi💃t of retaining players, from 🦩both the player retention event and the auction event combined is five.
Even if teams do not want to retain any player on Thursday, they have the option to use the RTM card for five players o🎐n 𝓰auction day.
This time around, with Sta🍰r India coming aboard as the broadcasters of the cash-rich league, every single IPL e🌳vent is set to be shown on TV.
Star India bagged the IPL media rights last September for a period of 5 years, from 2018 to 2022. They paid a whopping Rs 16ꦐ,347.50 crore, to bag the media rights, keeping former IPL broadcasters Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI), at bay.
Now, Stᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚar Sports is set to❀ show the player retentions on Thursday.
Broadcast details of the IPL Player Retention event:
Date: January 4
Time: 6:50 pm IST onwards
TV channels: Star Sports 2/HD🌺, Star Sports Hindi 1/HD
Live streaming: Hotstar
