Overview
- On Monday Sunil Gavaskar wrote in a Mid-Day column that the BCCI should put all financial details of IPL player trades into the public domain so every stakeholder can see them.
- Gavaskar said current practice leaves only the two trading franchises, the player, and the BCCI aware of the numbers which stops other teams from checking whether salary-cap rules were followed.
- No formal response from the BCCI has been reported and recent media talk about another possible move involving Hardik Pandya remains unconfirmed.
- The call for disclosure comes as the IPL has shifted from auction-only roster building to frequent high-value trades and swaps, including recent moves involving Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant, and Kuldeep Yadav.
- If the BCCI published trade amounts, franchises could independently verify cap compliance, transparency standards for audits would change, and public confidence in the league’s governance could rise or fall based on the figures revealed.