The IPL Governing Council has finalised the Player Regulations for the 2014 edition of the tournament, after a series of discussions. Among the areas deliberated upon were Players’ Contracts, Squad Compositions and the Retention of Players in advance of the 2014 Auction.The Pepsi IPL 2014 Player Auction will be held on 12 February, and if necessary, 13 February 2014.

1. Pepsi IPL 2014 Player regulations
a complete guide to 2014 players auction and rules

2. Player Regulations
The IPL Governing Council has finalised the Player
Regulations for the 2014 edition of the
tournament, after a series of discussions.
Among the areas deliberated upon were Players’
Contracts, Squad Compositions and the Retention of
Players in advance of the 2014 Auction.
The Pepsi IPL 2014 Player Auction will be held on 12
February, and if necessary, 13 February 2014.
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3. PLAYER CONTRACT
• One year term with a franchise having the option to extend for either one
or two additional years. The option must be exercised on or before 15
December in each year
• IPL league fee for all players to be denominated in Indian rupees
• Overseas players to be paid in the currency of their choice at the
prevailing exchange rate on either the actual date of payment or contract
due date, whichever is beneficial to the player
• IPL league fee to exclude payment for playing in CLT20 but to include up to
6 approved friendly matches
• The additional fee for playing in CLT20 to be an amount equal to 10% of
the IPL league fee
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4. SQUAD COMPOSITION
• Each squad must include no less than 16 and no more than 27 players, of
which up to 9 may be overseas players
• No more than 4 overseas players in the XI for any match
• No minimum quota for catchment area players
• Under 19 players must have played either First Class or List A before
signing for IPL
• Salary Cap for the IPL league fees of the entire squad to be Rs. 60 crore for
2014, increasing by 5% pa for 2015 & 2016
• Minimum squad spend of Rs. 36 crore in each of the 2014, 2015 & 2016
seasons
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5. RETAINING PLAYERS IN ADVANCE
OF THE 2014 PLAYER AUCTION
• In advance of the 2014 Player Auction, a franchise may sign up to a
maximum of 5 players (either capped or uncapped, no more than
four of whom may be capped Indians) who were in its squad in
2013, including those who were unavailable during the season and
those who were taken as temporary replacements
• The player contract for the retained player (in standard form and
signed by both the player and the franchise) must be lodged with
the BCCI on or before Friday 10 January 2014
• Embargo on franchises approaching any players who were in
another franchise’s 2013 squad until Saturday, 11 January 2014
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6. PLAYER’S FEE
Irrespective of the IPL league fee that is agreed between the two parties
and which is set out in the player contract, the 2014 Salary Cap (and if
appropriate the 2015 and 2016 Salary Caps) for the franchise will be
charged as follows:
For Capped Players
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Rs. 12.5 crore for the first capped Player so retained.
Rs. 9.5 crore for the second capped Player so retained.
Rs. 7.5 crore for the third capped Player so retained.
Rs. 5.5 crore for the fourth capped Player so retained
Rs. 4 crore for the fifth capped Player so retained.
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7. PLAYER’S FEE
For Uncapped Players
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Rs. 4 crore for each uncapped Player so retained
For the purpose of determining the Salary Cap charge for each player retained,
franchises will be deemed to have retained capped players in the order of their
actual IPL league fee (from the highest to lowest). If two or more retained capped
players have the same IPL league fee, the relevant Salary Cap charges shall be
added together and divided by the number of such players, with the Salary Cap
being charged by the same amount for each player. For example if a franchise
retains only two capped players with the two having the same contracted IPL
league fee, the Salary Cap charge for each shall be Rs. 11 crore (being Rs. 12.5
crore plus Rs. 9.5 crore divided by 2)
A franchise which retains the maximum of 5 players, all of whom are capped, will
have a balance of Rs 21 crore to pay the remaining up to 22 players in its squad for
the 2014 season
Retained players may not be traded.
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8. Auction
• Auction to be held on Wednesday 12 and, if necessary, Thursday 13
February 2014
• All players (capped or uncapped, Indian or overseas, those who did or did
not play in IPL in 2013) must enter the 2014 player auction process if they
want to play in the IPL in 2014. The only exceptions are those who are
retained in advance as described above
• Only players who enter the player auction process (but are not taken by a
franchise during the player auction) are eligible to be taken as a
replacement during the 2014 season
• The format of the 2014 Player Auction will be broadly similar to that of the
2013 Player Auction with the addition that each franchise will have a
number of “rights to match” which it may exercise during the course of
the auction for any players who were in its squad in 2013
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9. Auction
• The number of “rights to match” available to a
franchise will depend on the number of
players that the franchise retained in advance:
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10. The “right to match”
is to be exercised as follows:
• Once the bidding for any player who was in a franchise’s 2013
squad is complete and the auctioneer is satisfied that no more bids
will be forthcoming, the auctioneer will bring down the
hammer, declare the player “sold” and then ask the relevant
franchise if it wishes to exercise one of its remaining “rights to
match”
• If the franchise chooses to exercise the “right to match”, the
franchise will take the player for the amount of the final bid that
had been made in the Player Auction
• No further bidding by any other franchises is possible
• Franchises may take no more than 4 capped Indian players via a
combination of retention prior to the auction and the “right to
match”.
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