Auction Rules and Squad Composition
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Showing rules for CAL Public Indian T20 League
01 Squad Composition
How many players a squad holds, the overseas cap, and the budget to build it.
10Teams per batchMax per competition. Once full, users can join other leagues.
11Players per squadEvery team buys exactly 11 players across the auction.
4Overseas capPlayers from outside India. Max per squad.
2000Budget per teamTotal price points to spend across all 11 players.
Who makes the squad of 11
Your team must include these required roles and can fill the remaining spots freely.
4 required roles + 7 open spots
BatterAt least 1
Wicket-KeeperWKAt least 1
All-RounderARAt least 1
BowlerAt least 1
Any role7 more players
Up to 4 of your 11 can be overseas players.
Automatic Squad Limits: The system automatically blocks bids that would prevent you from completing your required squad. Bidding closes once you have 11 players or your budget is fully used.
02 Auction Mechanics
How players are grouped, the order they come up in, and how bidding works.
- Demo Players: Every auction opens with four practice players: Demo Batter, Demo WK, Demo AR and Demo Bowler, in that order. Use them to try the bidding screen before the actual players come up. Bids on demo players are practice only. They never change a purse, a squad, the results or the points, and they cannot be removed.
- Four Price Sets: Players are assigned to one of four price sets: 100, 80, 60, or 40 before the auction begins.
- Four Player Categories: Each price set includes Batters, Wicket-Keepers, All-Rounders, and Bowlers.
- Randomized Player Rotation: The auction starts with the highest price set and progresses through the lower sets, cycling through each category until all players are auctioned. The player order is randomized for every auction.
- Final Round Nominations: Teams with fewer than 11 players after the main rotation can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool for a final auction round.
- Players List is Final: The Players List is the source of truth. Player categories and base prices may differ across cricket sources. The values listed in your Players List are final for the auction.
- Bidding Increments: Bidding starts at the player’s base price. Each subsequent bid must be at least 20 points higher than the current bid and must be in multiples of 20. Teams may increase the bid by any valid amount, provided both conditions are met.
- Max Bid: Your Max Bid/Player, shown live during bidding, automatically accounts for the budget required to fill your remaining squad slots. Bids exceeding this limit are automatically blocked.
- Nomination Window & Rounds: Nominations open for a fixed period, 5 minutes by default. If multiple teams nominate the same player, that player is auctioned only once. Nominated players are auctioned by higher base-price sets first, with players randomized within each set. If teams remain short of a full squad, a further nomination round can open with up to 3 nominations per team.
- Automatic Squad Completion: If a squad is still short of 11 when the auction ends, the system fills the remaining spots automatically, using the team’s remaining purse and meeting any pending role and overseas requirements.
Four price sets
Players are split into four price sets, each with four roles.
100100
8080
6060
4040
BattersWicket-KeepersWKAll-RoundersARBowlers01
Randomized Player Rotation
Higher-priced sets go first, followed by lower sets. Players and order are randomized for every auction.
100806040
02
Final Round Nominations
Teams still short of 11 can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool.
03
Players List is Final
Category and base price listed here are final, regardless of other cricket websites.
Thoughtfully Finalized Player Details
04
Bidding Increments
Bidding starts at the base price. Each bid must increase by at least 20 points.
100120140160Multiples of 20
05
Max Bid
Max Bid/Player updates live, and reserves enough budget for your remaining slots.
Max bidReserved for open slots
Demo players are practice only: they never affect your purse or squad.
03 Live Bidding
How the bid timer runs and how to place a custom bid.
- Bid Timer: Each player has a countdown. Bidding stays open for 12 seconds, followed by Any Further Bids? for 10 seconds and Final Call for 10 seconds. If no new bid is received, the player is sold to the highest bidder.
- Every Bid Restarts the Countdown: Each new bid restarts the countdown. Once Any Further Bids? appears, the timer does not return to 12 seconds. After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no bid is placed before the countdown ends, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Custom Bids: You can enter your own bid using the Custom Bid box instead of the Raise Bid button. The bid must be at least the next valid bid, within your Max Bid/Player, and in multiples of the 20-point bid increment. The Bid Range shows the lowest and highest valid amounts. Out of Range appears when the next valid bid exceeds your max.
- First Bid Can Be Higher: The first bid can be any valid amount from the base price upward. It does not have to start at the base price.
- Raising Your Own Bid: The Raise Bid button is unavailable while you are the highest bidder. However, you can use a Custom Bid to increase your own bid.
- Simultaneous Bids: If two bids are submitted at the same time, the first bid successfully registered by the system stands. The other team will be asked to refresh and place another bid.
- Scheduled Breaks: Online auctions pause automatically for short breaks, plus one longer break, with a countdown showing the time remaining. A brief pause also separates each player.
- Organizer Controls: The organizer controls the auction pace and can end it early. Bidding closes immediately when an auction is ended, and the organizer can resume it.
Bid timer
Each player has a countdown.
Every new bid restarts the countdown.
After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
No bids before the timer ends: the player goes unsold.
Custom bid
Type your own amount instead of raising one step.
In multiples of 20From the next valid bidUp to your Max Bid/Player
Useful for accurate and planned bid amounts.
04 Scoring and Captaincy
How teams earn CAL Points, what captains multiply, and who wins.
- CAL Points System: A customized CAL Points system scores every match. Points cover batting, bowling, fielding, and milestone bonuses. See the Points System for the full breakdown.
- Captain & Vice-Captain: Every team nominates a Captain and Vice-Captain. Captains earn 2× points and Vice-Captains 1.5× points in every match they play.
- Team Standings: Standings are based on all 11 players’ points. Teams are ranked by total CAL Points earned throughout the tournament.
- Tie-Breakers: If teams have equal CAL Points, the team with more points before the Captain and Vice-Captain multipliers ranks higher. If those are also equal, the team whose top 5 players have scored more points ranks higher.
- Winners: The top 3 teams are declared winners. Rankings are based solely on total CAL Points earned throughout the tournament.
- Abandoned Matches: If a match is abandoned partway through, points earned up to that point are retained. Points do not reset if a match is abandoned before completion.
- Super Overs: Super Over points do not count. Any points earned during a Super Over are excluded from CAL scoring.
- Captain & Vice-Captain Selection: Teams choose two different players as Captain and Vice-Captain until the tournament start countdown ends. Teams that have not chosen are assigned their two costliest players automatically, the highest price as Captain. Other teams’ choices stay hidden until the tournament starts.
Points Multiplier
2×CaptainEvery match playedPoints Multiplier
1.5×Vice-CaptainEvery match playedStandard Scoring
1×Rest of squadStandard pointsTop 3 teams win
Total CAL Points
Important notes
Special rules to keep in mind
Abandoned matchesPoints earned up to that point still stand.
Super OversNever included in scoring.
How points are scored
Batting, bowling, fielding, and milestone bonuses
05 Mid-season Replacements
When a player can be replaced, how requests are handled, and what happens to points.
- Official Ruling-Out Only: Replacements are allowed only when a player is officially ruled out of the tournament by their team, cricket board, tournament authority, or the player.
- Official Confirmation Required: The ruling-out must be confirmed through an official website or official social media channel. Other sources do not qualify.
- Request Through Dashboard: Once confirmed, use the Replace tool in Dashboard to select an unsold player whose base price is the same as or lower than the outgoing player’s.
- Squad Rules Still Apply: A replacement must keep your squad within the overseas cap and the required role minimums.
- Organizer Approval: The organizer approves or declines each replacement request. If a request is declined, the player is released and you can choose another.
- First Come, First Served: If multiple teams request the same player, the first valid request gets the player.
- Player Must Be Added to a Squad: A replacement player becomes available only after they are officially added to a squad. Until then, they remain unavailable for replacement requests.
- No Fixed Deadline: Replacements can be requested at any time during the tournament.
- Points Split at Replacement: The outgoing player keeps all points earned through their last match. The incoming player starts earning points from the match they are added for.
- Base Price Carries Forward: The replacement player’s current base price becomes the new governing price for any future replacement involving that player.
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Official ruling-out
Confirmed by their team, cricket board, tournament authority, or the player, through official channels only.
2
Request in Replace
Use the Replace tool in Dashboard to select an unsold player with the same or a lower base price.
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First come, first served
If multiple teams request the same player, the first valid request gets the player.
4
Points split clearly
The outgoing player keeps points through their last match. The incoming player starts fresh.
Replacements can be requested at any time during the tournament.The replacement player’s current base price becomes the new governing price for any future replacement involving that player.
01 How teams Join
Private leagues are invite-only. The organizer decides who gets in.
- Invite Only: Teams join a Private League through an invite link or invite code shared by the organizer.
- Request to Join: Open the link, sign in or register, and request your team. The organizer reviews each request.
- Organizer Approval: Only approved teams can take part in the auction. Pending requests count towards the team limit.
- Team Limit: The organizer sets the team limit, from 2 to 20. Once the league is full, no more teams can join.
- Hidden Leagues: An organizer can hide a league from public view. Its invite link or code is then the only way in.
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Get the invite
The organizer shares an invite link or code, usually over WhatsApp.
2
Request to join
Open the link, sign in or register, and request your team. Pending requests count towards the team limit.
3
Organizer approves
Only approved teams can bid. The organizer sets the team limit, from 2 to 20.
Hidden leagues stay out of public view.The invite link or code is then the only way in.
02 Squad Composition
How many players a squad holds, the overseas cap, and the budget to build it.
2-20Teams per leagueSet by the organizer. Once full, no more teams can join.
11Players per squadEvery team buys exactly 11 players across the auction.
4Overseas capPlayers from outside India. Max per squad.
2000Budget per teamTotal price points to spend across all 11 players.
Who makes the squad of 11
Your team must include these required roles and can fill the remaining spots freely.
4 required roles + 7 open spots
BatterAt least 1
Wicket-KeeperWKAt least 1
All-RounderARAt least 1
BowlerAt least 1
Any role7 more players
Up to 4 of your 11 can be overseas players.
Automatic Squad Limits: The system automatically blocks bids that would prevent you from completing your required squad. Bidding closes once you have 11 players or your budget is fully used.
03 Auction Mechanics
How players are grouped, the order they come up in, and how bidding works.
- Demo Players: Every auction opens with four practice players: Demo Batter, Demo WK, Demo AR and Demo Bowler, in that order. Use them to try the bidding screen before the actual players come up. Bids on demo players are practice only. They never change a purse, a squad, the results or the points, and they cannot be removed.
- Demo Auction: Every organizer can create one free Demo Auction to learn the system. It is instant, needs no approval or payment, and runs with 2 teams of 11 players using practice players. Only you can see it, and you can have one at a time: delete it from its console to start a fresh one.
- Four Price Sets: Players are assigned to one of four price sets: 100, 80, 60, or 40 before the auction begins.
- Four Player Categories: Each price set includes Batters, Wicket-Keepers, All-Rounders, and Bowlers.
- Randomized Player Rotation: The auction starts with the highest price set and progresses through the lower sets, cycling through each category until all players are auctioned. The player order is randomized for every auction.
- Final Round Nominations: Teams with fewer than 11 players after the main rotation can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool for a final auction round.
- Players List is Final: The Players List is the source of truth. Player categories and base prices may differ across cricket sources. The values listed in your Players List are final for the auction.
- Bidding Increments: Bidding starts at the player’s base price. Each subsequent bid must be at least 20 points higher than the current bid and must be in multiples of 20. Teams may increase the bid by any valid amount, provided both conditions are met. In offline auctions, the organizer records the actual winning price, which is not limited to these steps.
- Max Bid: Your Max Bid/Player, shown live during bidding, automatically accounts for the budget required to fill your remaining squad slots. Bids exceeding this limit are automatically blocked.
- Nomination Window & Rounds: Nominations open for a fixed period, 5 minutes by default. If multiple teams nominate the same player, that player is auctioned only once. Nominated players are auctioned by higher base-price sets first, with players randomized within each set. If teams remain short of a full squad, a further nomination round can open with up to 3 nominations per team.
Four price sets
Players are split into four price sets, each with four roles.
100100
8080
6060
4040
BattersWicket-KeepersWKAll-RoundersARBowlers01
Randomized Player Rotation
Higher-priced sets go first, followed by lower sets. Players and order are randomized for every auction.
100806040
02
Final Round Nominations
Teams still short of 11 can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool.
03
Players List is Final
Category and base price listed here are final, regardless of other cricket websites.
Thoughtfully Finalized Player Details
04
Bidding Increments Online
Bidding starts at the base price. Each bid must increase by at least 20 points.
100120140160Multiples of 20
05
Max Bid
Max Bid/Player updates live, and reserves enough budget for your remaining slots.
Max bidReserved for open slots
Demo players are practice only: they never affect your purse or squad.
Try a free Demo Auction first: it is private, instant and fixed at 2 teams.
04 Live Bidding
How the auction runs, online or in the room.
- Bid Timer: Each player has a countdown. Bidding stays open for 12 seconds, followed by Any Further Bids? for 10 seconds and Final Call for 10 seconds. If no new bid is received, the player is sold to the highest bidder.
- Every Bid Restarts the Countdown: Each new bid restarts the countdown. Once Any Further Bids? appears, the timer does not return to 12 seconds. After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no bid is placed before the countdown ends, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Custom Bids: You can enter your own amount using the Custom Bid box instead of the Raise Bid button. The bid must be at least the next valid bid, within your Max Bid/Player, and follow the league’s configured bid increment. Bid Range shows the lowest and highest valid amounts. Out of Range appears when the next valid bid exceeds your maximum.
- First Bid Can Be Higher: The first bid can be any valid amount from the base price upward. It does not have to start at the base price.
- Raising Your Own Bid: The Raise Bid button is unavailable while you are the highest bidder. However, you can use a Custom Bid to increase your own bid.
- Simultaneous Bids: If two bids are submitted at the same time, the first bid successfully registered by the system stands. The other team will be asked to refresh and place another bid.
- Scheduled Breaks: The auction automatically pauses for short breaks and one longer break, with a countdown showing the remaining time. A brief pause also separates each player.
- Organizer Controls: The organizer controls the auction pace and can end the auction early. When the auction is ended, bidding closes immediately. The organizer can resume the auction when ready.
Bid timer
Each player has a countdown.
Every new bid restarts the countdown.
After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
No bids before the timer ends: the player goes unsold.
Custom bid
Type your own amount instead of raising one step.
In multiples of 20From the next valid bidUp to your Max Bid/Player
Useful for accurate and planned bid amounts.
- Bid in the Room: The organizer conducts the auction live, with teams bidding in person. There is no online timer or bidding screen.
- Organizer or Co-ordinator Records the Sale: The organizer or co-ordinator records the winning team and final price. Once recorded, the sale is final.
- Same Eligibility Checks: The winning bid must meet the player’s base price and the team’s Max Bid/Player. All squad rules, including role minimums and overseas limits, continue to apply.
- Bid Steps: In-room bids are not restricted to the configured bid increment, and the organizer records the actual winning price.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no team bids for a player, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Organizer Controls the Pace: The organizer can start, pause and resume the auction at any time, allowing the session to run at the desired pace.
Bid in the room
The organizer conducts the auction live, with teams bidding in person. There is no online timer or bidding screen.
Organizer records the sale
The organizer or co-ordinator records the winning team and final price. Once recorded, the sale is final.
Same eligibility checks
The winning bid must meet the player’s base price and the team’s Max Bid/Player. Squad rules still apply.
The organizer controls the pace.Start, pause and resume the auction at any time.
05 Scoring and Captaincy
How teams earn CAL Points, what captains multiply, and who wins.
- CAL Points System: A customized CAL Points system scores every match. Points cover batting, bowling, fielding, and milestone bonuses. See the Points System for the full breakdown.
- Captain & Vice-Captain: Every team nominates a Captain and Vice-Captain. Captains earn 2× points and Vice-Captains 1.5× points in every match they play.
- Team Standings: Standings are based on all 11 players’ points. Teams are ranked by total CAL Points earned throughout the tournament.
- Tie-Breakers: If teams have equal CAL Points, the team with more points before the Captain and Vice-Captain multipliers ranks higher. If those are also equal, the team whose top 5 players have scored more points ranks higher.
- Winners: The top 3 teams are declared winners. Rankings are based solely on total CAL Points earned throughout the tournament.
- Abandoned Matches: If a match is abandoned partway through, points earned up to that point are retained. Points do not reset if a match is abandoned before completion.
- Super Overs: Super Over points do not count. Any points earned during a Super Over are excluded from CAL scoring.
- Captain & Vice-Captain Selection: Teams choose two different players as Captain and Vice-Captain until the tournament start countdown ends. Teams that have not chosen are assigned their two costliest players automatically, the highest price as Captain. Other teams’ choices stay hidden until the tournament starts.
Points Multiplier
2×CaptainEvery match playedPoints Multiplier
1.5×Vice-CaptainEvery match playedStandard Scoring
1×Rest of squadStandard pointsTop 3 teams win
Total CAL Points
Important notes
Special rules to keep in mind
Abandoned matchesPoints earned up to that point still stand.
Super OversNever included in scoring.
How points are scored
Batting, bowling, fielding, and milestone bonuses
06 Mid-season Replacements
When a player can be replaced, how requests are handled, and what happens to points.
- Official Ruling-Out Only: Replacements are allowed only when a player is officially ruled out of the tournament by their team, cricket board, tournament authority, or the player.
- Official Confirmation Required: The ruling-out must be confirmed through an official website or official social media channel. Other sources do not qualify.
- Request Through Dashboard: Once confirmed, use the Replace tool in Dashboard to select an unsold player whose base price is the same as or lower than the outgoing player’s.
- Squad Rules Still Apply: A replacement must keep your squad within the overseas cap and the required role minimums.
- Organizer Approval: The organizer approves or declines each replacement request. If a request is declined, the player is released and you can choose another.
- First Come, First Served: If multiple teams request the same player, the first valid request gets the player.
- Player Must Be Added to a Squad: A replacement player becomes available only after they are officially added to a squad. Until then, they remain unavailable for replacement requests.
- No Fixed Deadline: Replacements can be requested at any time during the tournament.
- Points Split at Replacement: The outgoing player keeps all points earned through their last match. The incoming player starts earning points from the match they are added for.
- Base Price Carries Forward: The replacement player’s current base price becomes the new governing price for any future replacement involving that player.
1
Official ruling-out
Confirmed by their team, cricket board, tournament authority, or the player, through official channels only.
2
Request in Replace
Use the Replace tool in Dashboard to select an unsold player with the same or a lower base price.
3
First come, first served
If multiple teams request the same player, the first valid request gets the player.
4
Points split clearly
The outgoing player keeps points through their last match. The incoming player starts fresh.
Replacements can be requested at any time during the tournament.The replacement player’s current base price becomes the new governing price for any future replacement involving that player.
01 How teams Join
Managed leagues are invite-only. The organizer decides who gets in.
- Invite Only: Teams join a Managed League through an invite link or invite code shared by the organizer.
- Request to Join: Open the link, sign in or register, and request your team. The organizer reviews each request.
- Organizer Approval: Only approved teams can take part in the auction. Pending requests count towards the team limit.
- Team Limit: The organizer sets the team limit, from 2 to 20. Once the league is full, no more teams can join.
- Hidden Leagues: An organizer can hide a league from public view. Its invite link or code is then the only way in.
1
Get the invite
The organizer shares an invite link or code, usually over WhatsApp.
2
Request to join
Open the link, sign in or register, and request your team. Pending requests count towards the team limit.
3
Organizer approves
Only approved teams can bid. The organizer sets the team limit, from 2 to 20.
Hidden leagues stay out of public view.The invite link or code is then the only way in.
02 Squad Composition
The organizer sets the squad size, role rules, overseas cap and budget.
- Organizer-Defined Rules: The organizer defines the team budget, squad size and squad composition rules for the league. CAL defaults are shown as a starting point and can be customized.
- Budget & Unit: The team budget can be set in Points, Thousands (K), Lakhs (L) or Crores (Cr). Organizers can also assign a different budget to individual teams, such as for fixed-price retentions or budget carried forward from a previous season.
- Squad Size: The organizer can require every team to have the same number of players, or set a minimum and maximum squad size to allow teams to vary in size.
- Role Minimums: The organizer sets the minimum number of Batters, Wicket-Keepers, All-Rounders and Bowlers required in each squad. The default minimum is 1 player per role.
- Overseas & Indian Player Caps: The organizer can set maximum limits for Overseas and Indian players in each squad. A cap can be left blank if no limit is required.
- Combination Rules: The organizer can add additional squad composition rules alongside role minimums. For example, Batters + Wicket-Keepers: minimum 4, maximum 6.
- Locked Once Auction Starts: Once the auction begins, the budget, squad rules and bid increments are locked. All teams must play under the same rules throughout the auction.
2-20Teams per leagueSet by the organizer. Once full, no more teams can join.
FlexiblePlayers per squadAn exact number for every team, or a minimum and a maximum.
4Overseas capDefault 4, for players from outside India. An Indian cap is optional.
2000Budget per teamDefault 2000, in points, K, L or Cr. Can also be set per team.
Who makes the squad
The organizer sets the minimum for each role. These are the defaults.
Default: 4 required roles + open spots
BatterAt least 1
Wicket-KeeperWKAt least 1
All-RounderARAt least 1
BowlerAt least 1
Any roleAll remaining spots
By default, up to 4 players per squad can be overseas. Indian players can be capped too.
Automatic Squad Limits: The system automatically blocks bids that would prevent you from completing your required squad, including any combination rules the organizer adds. Bidding closes once you have a full squad or your budget is fully used.
03 Auction Mechanics
How players are grouped, the order they come up in, and how bidding works.
- Demo Players: Every auction opens with four practice players: Demo Batter, Demo WK, Demo AR and Demo Bowler, in that order. Use them to try the bidding screen before the actual players come up. Bids on demo players are practice only. They never change a purse, a squad, the results or the points, and they cannot be removed.
- Demo Auction: Every organizer can create one free Demo Auction to learn the system. It is instant, needs no approval or payment, and runs with 2 teams of 11 players using practice players. Only you can see it, and you can have one at a time: delete it from its console to start a fresh one.
- Organizer-Defined Player List: The organizer creates the player list and defines each player’s category, base price, and base price unit.
- Base Price Sets: A set groups players with the same base price. The organizer defines the Rotation Sequence, including the order of the sets and how many players are drawn at each step.
- Final Set: The organizer can designate one step as the Final Set, which automatically includes all remaining players from that base price group.
- Players Outside the Rotation: Players not selected by the Rotation Sequence remain in the unsold pool and can only enter the auction through Final Round, Nominations.
- Final Round – Nominations: Teams that are short of a full squad after the main rotation can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool for the final auction round.
- Nomination Window & Rounds: Nominations open for a fixed period, 5 minutes by default. If multiple teams nominate the same player, that player is auctioned only once. Nominated players are auctioned by higher base-price sets first, with players randomized within each set. If teams remain short of a full squad, a further nomination round can open with up to 3 nominations per team.
- Bidding Increments: The organizer can set either a flat bid increment or up to five step-up tiers, where the increment increases with the current bid. Online bids must follow the configured increments. In offline auctions, the organizer records the actual winning price. With a flat increment, the winning price is not restricted to the configured steps, while step-up tiers continue to apply.
- Automatic Max Bid: Max Bid/Player is calculated live based on your available budget and remaining squad requirements. Bids that exceed your maximum are automatically blocked.
Your rotation sequence Example
The organizer orders the sets and decides how many players each step draws.
100×15
80×15
100×10
80×30
A set is a base priceOrder and counts are yoursThe last step is the Final Set
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Sets are base prices
A set is a group of players who share a base price in the organizer’s own player list.
10080Final
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Final Round Nominations
Teams still short of a full squad can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool.
03
Your Own Player List
The organizer sets each player’s category, base price, and base price unit.
Your players, your prices
04
Bidding Increments Online
A flat increment, or up to five step-up tiers that grow with the bid.
+20+50+100Example tiers
05
Max Bid
Max Bid/Player updates live, and reserves enough budget for your remaining slots.
Max bidReserved for open slots
Demo players are practice only: they never affect your purse or squad.
Try a free Demo Auction first: it is private, instant and fixed at 2 teams.
04 Live Bidding
How the auction runs, online or in the room.
- Bid Timer: Each player has a countdown. Bidding stays open for 12 seconds, followed by Any Further Bids? for 10 seconds and Final Call for 10 seconds. If no new bid is received, the player is sold to the highest bidder.
- Every Bid Restarts the Countdown: Each new bid restarts the countdown. Once Any Further Bids? appears, the timer does not return to 12 seconds. After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no bid is placed before the countdown ends, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Custom Bids: You can enter your own amount using the Custom Bid box instead of the Raise Bid button. The bid must be at least the next valid bid, within your Max Bid/Player, and follow the league’s configured bid increment. Bid Range shows the lowest and highest valid amounts. Out of Range appears when the next valid bid exceeds your maximum.
- First Bid Can Be Higher: The first bid can be any valid amount from the base price upward. It does not have to start at the base price.
- Raising Your Own Bid: The Raise Bid button is unavailable while you are the highest bidder. However, you can use a Custom Bid to increase your own bid.
- Simultaneous Bids: If two bids are submitted at the same time, the first bid successfully registered by the system stands. The other team will be asked to refresh and place another bid.
- Scheduled Breaks: The auction automatically pauses for short breaks and one longer break, with a countdown showing the remaining time. A brief pause also separates each player.
- Organizer Controls: The organizer controls the auction pace and can end the auction early. When the auction is ended, bidding closes immediately. The organizer can resume the auction when ready.
Bid timer
Each player has a countdown.
Every new bid restarts the countdown.
After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
No bids before the timer ends: the player goes unsold.
Custom bid
Type your own amount instead of raising one step.
A valid bid stepFrom the next valid bidUp to your Max Bid/Player
Useful for accurate and planned bid amounts.
- Bid in the Room: The organizer conducts the auction live, with teams bidding in person. There is no online timer or bidding screen.
- Organizer or Co-ordinator Records the Sale: The organizer or co-ordinator records the winning team and final price. Once recorded, the sale is final.
- Same Eligibility Checks: The winning bid must meet the player’s base price and the team’s Max Bid/Player. All squad rules, including role minimums and overseas limits, continue to apply.
- Bid Steps: With a flat bid increment, in-room bids are not restricted to the configured increment, and the organizer records the actual winning price. With step-up tiers, the winning price must follow the valid step for the applicable tier.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no team bids for a player, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Organizer Controls the Pace: The organizer can start, pause and resume the auction at any time, allowing the session to run at the desired pace.
Bid in the room
The organizer conducts the auction live, with teams bidding in person. There is no online timer or bidding screen.
Organizer records the sale
The organizer or co-ordinator records the winning team and final price. Once recorded, the sale is final.
Same eligibility checks
The winning bid must meet the player’s base price and the team’s Max Bid/Player. Squad rules still apply.
The organizer controls the pace.Start, pause and resume the auction at any time. Step-up tiers still apply to the final price.
05 Retentions & RTM
Keep your core players, or match the winning bid for a player you tagged.
- Optional Features: The organizer can enable or disable Retention and Right to Match (RTM) for each league.
- Retention: Before the auction begins, the organizer can retain a player for a team at a fixed price. The price cannot be below the player’s base price and must fit within the team’s available budget.
- Direct to Squad: A retained player is added directly to the team’s squad and removed from the auction. The retention price is deducted from the team’s budget.
- Retentions Lock at Start: Once the auction begins, retentions cannot be added, changed or removed.
- RTM Tags: Before the auction, the organizer can assign an RTM tag to a player for a specific team. A player can have either a Retention or RTM tag, never both.
- RTM Decision: If another team wins an RTM-tagged player, bidding pauses and the tagged team has 15 seconds to match the winning price. If they decline or do not respond in time, the winning bid stands.
- RTM Eligibility Checks: The tagged team must have both sufficient budget and an available squad slot to match the winning bid. Both are checked again when the RTM decision is made.
- Optional Caps: The organizer can set limits on total Retentions + RTMs, Retentions, RTMs, and the Indian/Overseas composition of Retentions and RTMs. RTM limits count successful matches, not tags assigned.
Retention
Keep a player before the auction starts.
The organizer sets the price, never below the base price.
The price comes out of the team’s budget.
The player goes straight to the squad and leaves the auction.
Right to Match (RTM)
Match the winning bid for a player you tagged.
Tags are placed before the auction. A player is retained or tagged, never both.
When another team wins a tagged player, bidding pauses.
If the team passes or runs out of time, the winning bid stands.
Optional caps
The organizer sets only the caps the league needs. Blank means no cap.
Total retentions + RTMMax retentionsMax RTMMax Indian retention + RTMMax overseas retention + RTM
06 Scoring and Captaincy
How teams earn CAL Points, what captains multiply, and who wins.
- Optional Features: Post-auction evaluation and Captain & Vice-Captain selection are optional in Managed leagues. The organizer can turn each one on or off for the league.
- Post-Auction Evaluation: When on, the league has Standings and Player Points scored from match data. When off, the league is a pure auction with no ongoing scoring.
- Captain & Vice-Captain Selection Is Optional: When on, each team picks a Captain (2× points) and a Vice-Captain (1.5× points). When off, every player scores at the normal rate.
- CAL Points System: A customized CAL Points system scores every match. Points cover batting, bowling, fielding, and milestone bonuses. See the Points System for the full breakdown.
- Captain & Vice-Captain: Every team nominates a Captain and Vice-Captain. Captains earn 2× points and Vice-Captains 1.5× points in every match they play.
- Team Standings: Standings are based on all squad players’ points. Teams are ranked by total CAL Points earned throughout the tournament.
- Tie-Breakers: If teams have equal CAL Points, the team with more points before the Captain and Vice-Captain multipliers ranks higher. If those are also equal, the team whose top 5 players have scored more points ranks higher.
- Winners: The top 3 teams are declared winners. Rankings are based solely on total CAL Points earned throughout the tournament.
- Abandoned Matches: If a match is abandoned partway through, points earned up to that point are retained. Points do not reset if a match is abandoned before completion.
- Super Overs: Super Over points do not count. Any points earned during a Super Over are excluded from CAL scoring.
- Captain & Vice-Captain Picks: When selection is on, teams choose two different players as Captain and Vice-Captain until the tournament start countdown ends. Teams that have not chosen are assigned their two costliest players automatically, the highest price as Captain. Other teams’ choices stay hidden until the tournament starts.
- Mid-Season Start: A league that begins partway through the tournament can start from a chosen match. Points from earlier matches do not count for any player.
Optional multiplier
2×CaptainEvery match playedOptional multiplier
1.5×Vice-CaptainEvery match playedStandard Scoring
1×Rest of squadStandard pointsTop 3 teams win
Total CAL Points
Important notes
Special rules to keep in mind
Abandoned matchesPoints earned up to that point still stand.
Super OversNever included in scoring.
How points are scored
Post-auction evaluation is optional: the organizer switches it on or off.
07 Mid-season Replacements
When a player can be replaced, how requests are handled, and what happens to points.
- Official Ruling-Out Only: Replacements are allowed only when a player is officially ruled out of the tournament by their team, cricket board, tournament authority, or the player.
- Official Confirmation Required: The ruling-out must be confirmed through an official website or official social media channel. Other sources do not qualify.
- Request Through Dashboard: Once confirmed, use the Replace tool in Dashboard to select an unsold player whose base price is the same as or lower than the outgoing player’s.
- Squad Rules Still Apply: A replacement must keep your squad within the overseas cap and the required role minimums.
- Organizer Approval: The organizer approves or declines each replacement request. If a request is declined, the player is released and you can choose another.
- First Come, First Served: If multiple teams request the same player, the first valid request gets the player.
- Player Must Be Added to a Squad: A replacement player becomes available only after they are officially added to a squad. Until then, they remain unavailable for replacement requests.
- No Fixed Deadline: Replacements can be requested at any time during the tournament.
- Points Split at Replacement: The outgoing player keeps all points earned through their last match. The incoming player starts earning points from the match they are added for.
- Base Price Carries Forward: The replacement player’s current base price becomes the new governing price for any future replacement involving that player.
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Official ruling-out
Confirmed by their team, cricket board, tournament authority, or the player, through official channels only.
2
Request in Replace
Use the Replace tool in Dashboard to select an unsold player with the same or a lower base price.
3
First come, first served
If multiple teams request the same player, the first valid request gets the player.
4
Points split clearly
The outgoing player keeps points through their last match. The incoming player starts fresh.
Replacements can be requested at any time during the tournament.The replacement player’s current base price becomes the new governing price for any future replacement involving that player.
01 How teams Join
Managed leagues are invite-only. The organizer decides who gets in.
- Invite Only: Teams join a Managed League through an invite link or invite code shared by the organizer.
- Request to Join: Open the link, sign in or register, and request your team. The organizer reviews each request.
- Organizer Approval: Only approved teams can take part in the auction. Pending requests count towards the team limit.
- Team Limit: The organizer sets the team limit, from 2 to 30. Once the league is full, no more teams can join.
- Hidden Leagues: An organizer can hide a league from public view. Its invite link or code is then the only way in.
1
Get the invite
The organizer shares an invite link or code, usually over WhatsApp.
2
Request to join
Open the link, sign in or register, and request your team. Pending requests count towards the team limit.
3
Organizer approves
Only approved teams can bid. The organizer sets the team limit, from 2 to 30.
Hidden leagues stay out of public view.The invite link or code is then the only way in.
02 Your Player Pool
Every player carries ratings, a role and the details your room needs.
- Organizer-Built Player List: The organizer creates the tournament player list using the Local Tournament template.
- Player Ratings: Each player has a Batting Rating and Bowling Rating from 1 to 10, displayed in the auction room to help teams compare players.
- Player Roles: Players can be assigned one of six roles: Batter, Wicket-Keeper, All-Rounder, Batting All-Rounder, Bowling All-Rounder or Bowler.
- Player Details: The organizer can add additional player information, including batting hand, bowling hand, bowling style, age, location, photo and profile link.
- Base Price: The organizer sets each player’s base price and base price unit before the auction.
- Player Self-Registration: The organizer can allow players to register through a player invite link. Each registration requires organizer approval before the player is added to the list. The organizer can also display a registration fee, UPI ID and payment QR code if required.
1-10Batting RatingSet for every player.
1-10Bowling RatingSet for every player.
6Player rolesBatter, WK, AR, Bowler, Batting AR and Bowling AR.
Opt-inSelf-registrationPlayers sign up through an invite link, with organizer approval.
What each player carries
Everything a team needs to compare players, on one card.
Roles
BatterWicket-KeeperAll-RounderBowlerBatting ARBowling AR
Details
Batting handBowling handBowling styleAgeLocationPhotoProfile link
03 Squad Composition
The organizer sets the squad size and budget. There are no role or player caps.
- Organizer-Defined Rules: The organizer defines the team budget and squad size for the league. CAL defaults are provided as a starting point and can be customized.
- Budget & Unit: The team budget can be set in Points, Thousands (K), Lakhs (L) or Crores (Cr). Organizers can also assign a different budget to individual teams.
- Squad Size: The organizer can require every team to have the same number of players, or set a minimum and maximum squad size to allow teams to vary in size.
- No Role or Player Caps: Local Tournament leagues have no role minimums, Indian or overseas player caps, or combination rules. Teams can build their squads with any combination of players.
- Icon Player, Manager & Owner: The organizer can add one Icon Player, one Manager and one Owner to each team at no cost. These occupy squad spots but do not require bidding and can be added before or during the auction.
- Player Trades: The organizer can swap players between two teams. Players retain their original purchase prices after a trade.
- Short Squads: If a team cannot complete its squad through the auction, the organizer can add a player directly to that team.
- Locked Once Auction Starts: Once the auction begins, the budget, squad size and bid increments are locked. All teams play under the same rules for the remainder of the auction.
2-30Teams per leagueSet by the organizer. Once full, no more teams can join.
FlexiblePlayers per squadAn exact number for every team, or a minimum and a maximum.
OpenSquad rulesNo role minimums, overseas caps or combination rules.
2000Budget per teamDefault 2000, in points, K, L or Cr. Can also be set per team.
Icon Player, Manager and Owner
Special squad spots the organizer fills at no cost.
1 of each per team
Icon PlayerAdded at no cost
ManagerAdded at no cost
OwnerAdded at no cost
They fill a squad spot and skip the bidding. They can be added before or during the auction.
Automatic Squad Limits: The system automatically blocks bids that go above your Max Bid/Player or that you have no open squad spot for. Bidding closes once you have a full squad or your budget is fully used.
04 Auction Mechanics
How players are grouped, the order they come up in, and how bidding works.
- Demo Players: Every auction opens with four practice players: Demo Batter, Demo WK, Demo AR and Demo Bowler, in that order. Use them to try the bidding screen before the actual players come up. Bids on demo players are practice only. They never change a purse, a squad, the results or the points, and they cannot be removed.
- Demo Auction: Every organizer can create one free Demo Auction to learn the system. It is instant, needs no approval or payment, and runs with 2 teams of 11 players using practice players. Only you can see it, and you can have one at a time: delete it from its console to start a fresh one.
- Organizer-Defined Player List: The organizer creates the player list and defines each player’s category, base price, and base price unit.
- Base Price Sets: A set groups players with the same base price. The organizer defines the Rotation Sequence, including the order of the sets and how many players are drawn at each step.
- Final Set: The organizer can designate one step as the Final Set, which automatically includes all remaining players from that base price group.
- Players Outside the Rotation: Players not selected by the Rotation Sequence remain in the unsold pool and can only enter the auction through Final Round, Nominations.
- Final Round – Nominations: Teams that are short of a full squad after the main rotation can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool for the final auction round.
- Nomination Window & Rounds: Nominations open for a fixed period, 5 minutes by default. If multiple teams nominate the same player, that player is auctioned only once. Nominated players are auctioned by higher base-price sets first, with players randomized within each set. If teams remain short of a full squad, a further nomination round can open with up to 3 nominations per team.
- Bidding Increments: The organizer can set either a flat bid increment or up to five step-up tiers, where the increment increases with the current bid. Online bids must follow the configured increments. In offline auctions, the organizer records the actual winning price. With a flat increment, the winning price is not restricted to the configured steps, while step-up tiers continue to apply.
- Automatic Max Bid: Max Bid/Player is calculated live based on your available budget and remaining squad spots. Bids that exceed your maximum are automatically blocked.
Your rotation sequence Example
The organizer orders the sets and decides how many players each step draws.
100×15
80×15
100×10
80×30
A set is a base priceOrder and counts are yoursThe last step is the Final Set
01
Sets are base prices
A set is a group of players who share a base price in the organizer’s own player list.
10080Final
02
Final Round Nominations
Teams still short of a full squad can nominate up to 5 players from the remaining unsold pool.
03
Your Own Player List
The organizer sets each player’s category, base price, and base price unit.
Your players, your prices
04
Bidding Increments Online
A flat increment, or up to five step-up tiers that grow with the bid.
+20+50+100Example tiers
05
Max Bid
Max Bid/Player updates live, and reserves enough budget for your remaining slots.
Max bidReserved for open slots
Demo players are practice only: they never affect your purse or squad.
Try a free Demo Auction first: it is private, instant and fixed at 2 teams.
05 Live Bidding
How the auction runs, online or in the room.
- Bid Timer: Each player has a countdown. Bidding stays open for 12 seconds, followed by Any Further Bids? for 10 seconds and Final Call for 10 seconds. If no new bid is received, the player is sold to the highest bidder.
- Every Bid Restarts the Countdown: Each new bid restarts the countdown. Once Any Further Bids? appears, the timer does not return to 12 seconds. After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no bid is placed before the countdown ends, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Custom Bids: You can enter your own amount using the Custom Bid box instead of the Raise Bid button. The bid must be at least the next valid bid, within your Max Bid/Player, and follow the league’s configured bid increment. Bid Range shows the lowest and highest valid amounts. Out of Range appears when the next valid bid exceeds your maximum.
- First Bid Can Be Higher: The first bid can be any valid amount from the base price upward. It does not have to start at the base price.
- Raising Your Own Bid: The Raise Bid button is unavailable while you are the highest bidder. However, you can use a Custom Bid to increase your own bid.
- Simultaneous Bids: If two bids are submitted at the same time, the first bid successfully registered by the system stands. The other team will be asked to refresh and place another bid.
- Organizer Controls: The organizer controls the auction pace and can end the auction early. When the auction is ended, bidding closes immediately. The organizer can resume the auction when ready.
Bid timer
Each player has a countdown.
Every new bid restarts the countdown.
After Final Call appears, every new bid restarts a 10-second Final Call.
No bids before the timer ends: the player goes unsold.
Custom bid
Type your own amount instead of raising one step.
A valid bid stepFrom the next valid bidUp to your Max Bid/Player
Useful for accurate and planned bid amounts.
- Bid in the Room: The organizer conducts the auction live, with teams bidding in person. There is no online timer or bidding screen.
- Organizer or Co-ordinator Records the Sale: The organizer or co-ordinator records the winning team and final price. Once recorded, the sale is final.
- Same Eligibility Checks: The winning bid must meet the player’s base price and the team’s Max Bid/Player, and the team must have an open squad spot.
- Bid Steps: With a flat bid increment, in-room bids are not restricted to the configured increment, and the organizer records the actual winning price. With step-up tiers, the winning price must follow the valid step for the applicable tier.
- No Bids, No Sale: If no team bids for a player, the player goes unsold and returns to the unsold pool.
- Organizer Controls the Pace: The organizer can start, pause and resume the auction at any time, allowing the session to run at the desired pace.
Bid in the room
The organizer conducts the auction live, with teams bidding in person. There is no online timer or bidding screen.
Organizer records the sale
The organizer or co-ordinator records the winning team and final price. Once recorded, the sale is final.
Same eligibility checks
The winning bid must meet the player’s base price and the team’s Max Bid/Player. The team must have an open squad spot.
The organizer controls the pace.Start, pause and resume the auction at any time. Step-up tiers still apply to the final price.
06 No auction? Try Auto-Assign
Form balanced teams instantly from your player ratings.
- Optional Alternative: Instead of running an auction, the organizer can use Auto-Assign to form teams automatically.
- Rating-Based Balance: Auto-Assign uses each player’s Batting and Bowling Ratings to create teams that are as balanced as possible overall, as well as in batting and bowling strength. Small differences between teams are expected.
- No Purse or Bidding: Budgets, base prices and bids do not apply. Teams are formed directly from the player list.
- Re-Run for a Different Split: The organizer can clear the current teams and run Auto-Assign again. When multiple equally balanced combinations are available, the system selects one at random, so each run can produce a different split.
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Rate your players
Give every player a Batting Rating and a Bowling Rating from 1 to 10.
2
Run Auto-Assign
Teams are formed so they match as closely as possible overall, in batting and in bowling.
3
Review and re-run
Not happy with the split? Clear the teams and run it again for a different result.
No purse, no bidding.Budgets, base prices and bids do not apply to auto-assigned squads.
These rules are being finalized
The CAL Public rules for Indian T20 League will be published here soon. Questions in the meantime? Contact us.
One last thing
This is designed to be a fun and friendly season among people who enjoy the game. CAL is an online social game: auction points are virtual and carry no cash value.
For anything not covered above, the CAL auction system and published rules will apply. Any genuine dispute or exceptional situation will be resolved by the Organizer, whose decision will be final.
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Adesh
Kothari
Kothari
Base Price2Cr
Leading Bidder
Titans XI
Current Bid
9.8Cr
Disclaimer
CAL is an online social game, designed for fun and friendly competition around cricket auctions. Auction points are virtual and have no cash value. CAL does not offer or administer cash prizes, winnings, betting, or monetary rewards.