The Indian Premier League Governing Council met in New Delhi on Wednesday alongwith the Committee of Administrators (CoA) to decide the player retention policy, salary cap, player regulations and other related issues, especially for the uncapped players, with ten seasons up for the cash-rich league. The meeting became even more important following the return of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) from suspension and exit of Rising Pune Supergiant and Gujarat Lions. According to the new player retention policy, a franchise can retain upto five players using a combination of Player Retention (Pre-Player Auction) and Right to Match (RTM). The Governing Council decided that the retention will work as, A maximum of either three retentions or three RTM at the discretion of the franchises If there is no retention before player auction then franchises can have up to 3 RTM.