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The Governing Council also includes former cricketers
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri,
along with BCCI president Shashank Manohar.
Mallya later told reporters that the franchisees have
suggested to the Board that all cricketers, including 'icon'
players like Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, be put
up for fresh auction.
"Franchisees suggested that there should be an open
players auction (and all players be put on auction and none
retained by a franchisee)," said the high-profile owner of the
Bangalore franchise.
With two new franchises -- Pune and Kochi -- joining the
fray, the number of matches, if the existing home-and-away
system is followed, would go up to 94. The Cricket Board is
not keen on it but Mallya said the franchisees favoured the
old format.
"There should be no change in the home-and-away format
and all matches should be played," he said.
"As far as 94 matches are concerned, there were
suggestions to restrict to 10 matches (per franchise). But
our view is that we would like the earlier format to
continue," he said.
Mallya said there was discussion about the budget cap as
well.
"The franchisees were of the view that the budget cap
(for players) be increased to USD 9 million (from USD
million," he said. PTI