• If a player is offered a better price by any team, he can ask the Rajasthan management to be relieved, but the clause says that the move will only be possible if the Royals — who have a three-year contract with him — agree.

• Franchises interested in buying players from other teams will have to first find out if team owners are interested in selling them, and then bid for a price that may be higher than the amount that the player had been bought for. For instance, there could be a huge demand for Yusuf Pathan who was bought by Royals for $475,000. If the Royals agree to sell him, the buyer will have to shell out an amount agreed with the player, who in turn will have to work out his transfer with Royals.

So, while the contracts have been made to prevent teams from mass desertion, the reason for Warne’s worries is based on the moral dilemma the team will face if a player is being offered a much higher price than what they are paying him.

If the player puts pressure on them under the circumstances, they may have to either let him go, or match his salary to prevent him from leaving.

Cheapest team

Given that the Rajasthan team was the cheapest in the tournament (with Mohd Kaif the costliest at $600,000), it will be interesting to see if they can preserve the winning combination next season.

Even Warne — who has been tagged as the tournament’s best skipper and was bought by Royals at his base price of $450,000 at the auction — is likely to be offered whopping deals. So, for a franchise that used its money so sparingly in the first year, the second season could prove to be much costlier.