It is unlikely that all Indian and international players will go into the mega auction pool for the Indian Premier League's 11th edition. The IPL governing council, which met in New Delhi yesterday, discussed whether to give the franchisees an option of retaining maximum three players, mid-day has learnt. "No decision was taken in the meeting, but during the discussion of retention policy members felt that the franchisees should be given three players to retain," an IPL governing council source told mid-day.

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