IPL chairman Arun Dhumal has confirmed that a mega auction will be held after the IPL 2024 season. The IPL mega auction takes place every three years and happened last in 2022 when we saw two new franchises, the Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants, get inducted into the league.
“We will have the mega auction for sure, where you get to choose three-four players and then you have a new team. That makes it more interesting and that format will continue,” Dhumal said, talking with Sportstar.
Electrifying crowds and die-hard fans are what make the Indian Premier League a success. However, fans might be deprived of watching their favorite teams at home. Indicating that we might not see home and away games in the IPL 2025, the chairman said:
“We would ideally want to have home and away games, but in case there’s a problem figuring out the (time), we will see how we can accommodate that. The idea is that nobody should get an advantage over the other team and there has to be uniformity. There should be equal opportunities for the team.”
Since the league’s inception in 2008, it has helped grow the sport not only in India but worldwide. Talking about how we could see even more players from less established and even associate cricket nations, he said:
“Hopefully, the mega auction will be as big and as good as we have had earlier given newer talents coming in not from India and other countries. Teams like Afghanistan have also benefitted as they could showcase their talent.”
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