RTMs only to retentions only! KKR wrote to BCCI expressing displeasure over new rule: Report
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have long raised the flag on RTM (Right to Match) cards. The franchise has been eager to erasure retentions altogether and floated the idea of having just RTMs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when it comes to auctions, mega or mini. Last season, their CEO, Venky Mysore, expressed that he’d wanted 8 retentions ahead of the auction but all through RTMs. Cricket 1 min “One way communication”: Shreyas Iyer didn’t want to be retained by KKR ahead of IPL 2025 auction KKR miffed with BCCI changing RTM rule So, this year, when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asked the IPL franchise for their suggestions before confirming the rules of the IPL 2025 mega auction, KKR suggested the use of RTMs. Fascinatingly, the BCCI agreed. They allowed six retentions and no bounds on the use of RTM cards. You’d expect KKR would be happy. Well, they weren’t. BCCI had tweaked the RTM rules. Previously, once the bidding for a player stopped, ...