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Warne suggests radical moves for IPL 4

Captain of the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne has said that he will prefer if all the players from the eight franchises of the IPL teams should be available in the next auctions for the two new teams.

Captain of the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne has said that he will prefer if all the players from the eight franchises of the IPL teams should be available in the next auctions for the two new teams. Warne has said that he would prefer the players be brought out fo auctions, in order to allow for transparency in the bidding process for all the ten teams. Radical thinking by Warne>

In the first three seasons of the IPL, only eight teams had played in the tournament, but from the next season, there will be two more added to the list. Kochi and Pune won the bids for holding the rights to the franchises for the next ten years.

Warne said that he would want to make these changes in order to create an equal playing field for the sides.

The methods that Warne has suggested are some to have a mid-tournament player transfer window and to allow the franchises three ‘super rounds’, where they can field an extra international player. The first three seasons allowed only four foreign players to be fielded for the tournament, but it is not yet been decided how many will be allowed from the next tournament.

Warne also said that transparency can only be achieved if all the players were brought back into the auction pool. He added, “It will increase the creditability of the IPL as the players’ final price will be established at the auction, whatever that may be. However, the player can then be offered back to his original franchise for an extra $50,000.”