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The countdown to the IPL 2025 mega auction has started. All franchises have to submit the list of retained players to BCCI by 31st October. Discussions have become heated regarding which team wants to retain or release which player. There are reports coming out that captains of four teams may be changed this season.
So what will change Captain?
There are reports that Delhi Capitals does not want to keep Rishabh Pant as captain this year. According to the report, Delhi will be looking for a new captain in the mega auction, Pant also seems interested in playing for the new team.
The team will not retain these players?
There have also been reports of tension between Shreyas Iyer and KKR. Kolkata Knight Riders did not want to retain Iyer as the first player and perhaps Iyer is unhappy with this. Lucknow Supergiants have decided to release KL Rahul. Lucknow team does not want to retain Rahul because of his slow batting. If reports are to be believed, Gujarat Titans does not want to keep Shubman Gill as captain. Last season, Gujarat's performance under Gill's captaincy was not anything special.
BCCI will announce
The special thing is that fans already seem very excited for the mega auction of IPL 2025. BCCI has almost finalized Saudi Arabia as the host country for the IPL 2025 mega auction. After considering major cities like Dubai, Singapore, London and Vienna, it has emerged that Riyadh is currently the frontrunner to host the two-day mega auction. However, soon BCCI will officially announce the venue of this important event. It is being said that this decision has been taken in a planned and strategic manner.