section_path: Players
section_name: Players
paragraph_text: Players
  
  IPL teams choose players through a structured auction process and retention rules. Before the auction, teams retain a few key players and can use the Right to Match (RTM) card to re-sign their former players. During the auction, players are listed with a base price, and franchises bid within their fixed budget to build a balanced squad of batters, bowlers, all-rounders, and wicketkeepers, ensuring they follow squad composition rules (minimum 18, maximum 25 players, with a limit of 8 overseas players). Teams rely on scouting networks to analyze player performance in domestic and international leagues, focusing on stats, fitness, and potential. If a player gets injured, teams can sign replacements from unsold players, and they also use a trading window to exchange players before and after the auction.
  
  The IPL has several rules for an IPL Auction:
  
  Here is a table listing the most expensive player acquisitions in each Indian Premier League (IPL) season, along with their respective teams and purchase prices.
  
  IPL teams choose players through a structured auction process and retention rules. Before the auction, teams retain a few key players and can use the Right to Match (RTM) card to re-sign their former players. During the auction, players are listed with a base price, and franchises bid within their fixed budget to build a balanced squad of batters, bowlers, all-rounders, and wicketkeepers, ensuring they follow squad composition rules (minimum 18, maximum 25 players, with a limit of 8 overseas players). Teams rely on scouting networks to analyze player performance in domestic and international leagues, focusing on stats, fitness, and potential. If a player gets injured, teams can sign replacements from unsold players, and they also use a trading window to exchange players before and after the auction.
  
  The IPL has several rules for an IPL Auction:
  
  Here is a table listing the most expensive player acquisitions in each Indian Premier League (IPL) season, along with their respective teams and purchase prices.