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Sunil Gavaskar urges rule change ahead of IPL 2026
Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has dished out his disappointment over bulging salaries being paid to uncapped players in the Indian Premier League. Gavaskar also criticised BCCI for altering the uncapped player retention rule to accommodate MS Dhoni. According to the rule, franchises were able to retain a former Indian player as an uncapped cricketer if he had not played international cricket for five years. Dhoni was retained by CSK for INR 4 crore.
"A whole lot of the players bought for huge amounts simply fade away as their hunger and drive are satiated. To the franchises, it perhaps doesn’t matter as they may feel it’s good riddance, but Indian cricket takes a bit of a beating at the loss of any player whether he has been successful or not. To accommodate Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who became an uncapped player before the auction last year, the limit was raised to ₹4 crore," Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
“In all these years, it is hard to recall an uncapped player bought for huge numbers who has justified his inclusion in the team. Maybe over the next couple of years, he may get a bit better with experience, but if he is playing in the same local league, then that chance of improvement doesn’t get much better,” he stated.
Gavaskar also highlighted that uncapped players start performing well when price tags come down.
“What does happen is that if in the next auction his price comes down, then the pressure of expectations also comes down and the player plays a lot better,” he mentioned.
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