Meeting Between BCCI and IPL Teams Owner: Ahead of the mega auction, IPL franchise owners held a meeting with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials on Wednesday. During this, all the issues ranging from mega auction to impact player rules were discussed.

BCCI'S Statement
In view of the mega auction to be held before the 18th edition of IPL, BCCI had called a meeting at its headquarters. This was confirmed by Board Secretary Jai Shah after the meeting. BCCI said " The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday organized a constructive dialogue with the owners of the 10 franchises on various subjects pertaining to the upcoming season of the TATA IPL".

"The franchise owners tabled feedback on player regulations and other commercial aspects, including central merchandising, licensing, and gaming."

"The BCCI will now take these recommendations to the IPL Governing Council for further deliberation and evaluation before formulating the IPL player regulations." Added by BCCI.

Representatives at Meeting
Team owners or co-owners who attended the meeting include Kolkata Knight Riders' Shah Rukh Khan, Sunrisers Hyderabad's Kavya Maran, Punjab Kings' Ness Wadia, Lucknow Super Giants' Sanjiv Goenka and his son Shashwat, Delhi Capitals' KK Grand and Parth Jindal. Were included. Rajasthan Royals' Manoj Badale and Ranjit Barthakur, Royal Challengers Bangalore's Prathamesh Mishra, Chennai Super Kings' Kari Viswanathan and Roopa Gurunath, Gujarat Titans' Amit Soni while the Mumbai Indians owner joined online. There was a heated argument between Wadia and Shahrukh on the issue of whether there should be a mega auction or not.

Issues those were Discussed
Delhi Capitals owner Parth Jindal said no real results came from the meeting as the teams stuck to their opinions on all the matters discussed. Jindal said – No real result was achieved. It was to hear different viewpoints from all the owners and BCCI has listened to us and now they will tell us all the rules. Hopefully we will know the rules for the next cycle by the end of August.

Jindal confirmed that there was no consensus among the teams in terms of how many players to retain ahead of the mega auction. He replied, "Nothing (on consensus). Some people want eight to 10, some people want four, some people want six... it's all up in the air."

"Nothing (on the consensus). Some people want eight to 10, some people want four, some people want six… it's all up in the air," he replied.

Jindal also expressed the opinion that Delhi Capitals are against the impact player rule while providing his views.

Impact Player Rule
Perth Jindal confirmed that there were discussions about Impact Player rule of IPL-"Impact player rule, again, (there were) different views from different people. Some people want it because it gives a chance to young players to play in the IPL. Some people don't want it because it is detrimental to Indian cricket in terms of the development of all-rounders so it's a mixed bag," he said.

"I'm in the second camp. I don't want it. I prefer the game as it is — 11 versus 11. I think all-rounders are very important. You have different players who don't bowl in the IPL or don't bat in the IPL because of this rule, which is not good for Indian cricket," Jindal said.