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Tariq Engineer
October 13, 2011
The IPL is likely to comprise nine teams in 2012 and players from the terminated Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise could be made available to the other franchises through a player auction early next year, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. The 2012 IPL is also expected to return to the home-and-away format of the first three seasons.
The newly formed IPL governing council, headed by chairman Rajiv Shukla, will meet for the first time in Hyderabad on October 14 and the fate of the Kochi players and the tournament's format are the key issues up for discussion. The other issues are whether a new team will replace Kochi, the dates for a trading window and player auction, and the participation of Pakistan cricketers in the league. The IPL management met with franchises individually to solicit their views on these issues.
BCCI had voted to terminate the franchise Kochi annual general meeting last month. Kochi players salaries' in the field carried out in the franchise bank guarantee worth Rs 156 crore (already received by the BCCI) is still open as key stakeholders, both international and domestic, as Muthiah Muralitharan, Brendon McCullum, Parthiv Patel and Mahel Jayawardene will available in the franchise.
One possibility is to put players in an auction fresh. Another is a trade window, where players could sign with new teams. A franchise official told ESPNcricinfo an auction were the most likely outcome.
BCCI is likely to stick with nine teams at the moment, despite the president N Srinivasan said the annual meeting of the Board, the Board decided to issue a tender for a franchise to the 10th meeting in October. Nine teams will also schedule more manageable. In its attempt to organize a ten teams in IPL 2011 to 74 matches, the BCCI had moved away from home with a single round-trip format. Deductibles and BCCI agreed to return to the original format, as the number of games increases marginally to 76th franchises also feel at home-and-away system is the most fair.
The player auction is scheduled for early next year. In addition, Cochin players, cricketers could feature in England and Chris Gayle, who was seen as a substitute for the Royal Challengers Bangalore from Dirk Nannes in 2011. The first real challenger to sign Gayle, if both parties can agree on terms. Gayle does not want to sign with the team, only then did he participate in the auction. All teams will get to spend the additional support of new players, expand the salary cap.
Shukla also said that the participation of players in Pakistan will be discussed at the meeting, although the final call on whether to buy them is with franchisees.
As before, there will be a window of trading in late 2011, with auction to follow. Teams also have the option to purchase contracts to make room for new players.
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