Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill has decided to accept a pay cut and will be the second player to be retained by the IPL franchise before the October 31 deadline. Gill will lead the Titans for the first time in 2024 and both he and the team management are keen to retain key players in the team.
The first player to be retained for the franchise will be star spinner Rashid Khan, followed by Gill, Sai Sudarshan, and two uncapped (who have not played any international match) players Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan.
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The franchise will have the opportunity to retain one more player through the Right to Match card in the big auction to be held next month. Gill is seen as a future leader in the Indian cricket structure. An IPL source said, “Gill has decided to accept a pay cut so that the team can retain key players and form a strong team.” The Titans had roped in Gill for Rs 8 crore ahead of the 2022 season.
Gill will be the franchise’s most expensive retained player after he agreed to take a reduced salary ahead of the big auction. His salary package has not been finalized yet. According to the IPL retention guidelines issued ahead of the big auction, the team will lose Rs 18 crore from the increased amount of Rs 120 crore if the first player is retained, Rs 14 crore if the second is retained, and Rs 11 crore if the third is retained.
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For uncapped players, the team will have to spend Rs 4 crore each. If a team retains five players who play international cricket, Rs 75 crore will be deducted from its amount in the auction. The auction is likely to be held abroad in the last week of November.
This time the team will have Rs 120 crore to spend as compared to Rs 100 crore received in last year’s auction. Any team can retain six players from its existing squad through retention and right-to-match cards, which is the highest in the history of IPL.
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