IPL announces landmark retention and auction rules for 2025 season: Explained

The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council released the new player regulations for the upcoming mega auction ahead of the IPL 2025 on Saturday, September 28. There were several players major announcements made for the blockbuster season such as the player retention limits, increasing of the team’s purse value and the introduction of new match fees for every game.
Strict rules were also formed for the unplanned pullouts of the foreign players ahead of the season and the uncapped players rule was also re-introduced which makes any turns any India player not having a central contract into an uncapped player. Here’s the complete list of the new player regulations for the IPL 2025: