'Nothing Unfair Than...'- R Ashwin Calls Out For Change In IPL Auction

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The preparations for IPL 2025 are in full swing. The BCCI members recently held a meeting with IPL owners to discuss a few topics ahead of the upcoming season and, most importantly, the mega-auction.

The mega-auction will take place somewhere around December. Ahead of that few franchises had a problem with the idea of mega-auction and raised their voice to discontinue this tradition, while a few opposed that view as well. 

Meanwhile, reports suggested that the BCCI is also interested in continuing with the mega-auction, but they might increase the retention limit to 6 including two Right To Match (RTM).

Amid the discussions and rumours, R Ashwin, who is quite active on social media platforms, opened up on the auction practices and termed RTM as the most unfair rule for the players. 

"There is nothing more unfair for a player than RTM. Because how has the RTM rule been so far? For example, there is a player called X. He is on a team called the Sunrisers. There is a player in the SunRisers. His current value is around five to six crores. He went to an auction. SunRisers have to buy the player back. So, the SunRisers will bid for the player at a base price of two crore."


"KKR and the Mumbai Indians are bidding for the player. The bid is up to six crores. The player was sold to the Mumbai Indians for six crores. So, the SunRisers will bid for the player at six crores. The problem here is that SunRisers are happy. KKR and Mumbai Indians are unhappy. The only person happy is SunRisers. Because, for the first time, they gave attendance. After that, there is no fair value at all. There is a bidder," he added.


"The KKR and Mumbai Indians are fighting. For a team, it has gone up to six crores. What does SRH say? You bought the player, right? Return the player."

Ashwin has been associated with Rajasthan Royals in the last few years and there is a possibility that he too might be released and go under the hammer in the upcoming auctions.