IPL 2022 Mega Auction: After much deliberation, the BCCI has informed franchises that the two-day mega Indian Premier League auction will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. The BCCI held a teleconference with the franchises on Thursday morning and informed them about the dates. However, an official communication is awaited. Follow IPL 2022 on InsideSport.IN.
However, it should be noted that India will be playing the 3rd ODI against West Indies on February 12 and that has raised concerns. As Star Sports is the rights holder of both India’s matches at home and IPL, BCCI will have to make plans with the broadcaster accordingly.
IPL 2022 Mega Auction: BCCI informs franchises, ‘IPL auction on February 12, 13 in Bengaluru’ – Follow Live Updates
BCCI has already informed IPL franchises to be in Bengaluru by February 11 evening for pre-auction briefing.
In the meantime, BCCI has already asked other cricket boards to send the names of players who are interested in being part of the auction pool. The BCCI expects over 1,000 players to register while only 250 will go under the hammer.
IPL 2022 Mega Auction: BCCI informs franchises, ‘IPL auction on February 12, 13 in Bengaluru’ – Follow Live Updates
CVC is however waiting for its Letter of Intent from the BCCI but is expected to get an all clear in the next few weeks. Both teams have time till Christmas to announce their three draft picks but BCCI might extend the dates for both as CVC is yet to get clearance.
“Yes, the 3 member legal committee has cleared CVC Capital & they will be issued letter of intent now from the board. The formalities will be completed soon,” a source close to the development told InsideSport.
IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Is it the last auction
Most of the franchise owners feel that mega auctions have passed their sell-by-date and a team’s composition and balance gets severely compromised when there are auctions after every three years.
Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal had in fact said this on record how it is tough to release players after having put in effort to build a team.
IPL 2022 Mega Auction: BCCI informs franchises, ‘IPL auction on February 12, 13 in Bengaluru’ – Follow Live Updates
“It is very sad to lose Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada and Ashwin. The auction process itself is something like this. Going forward, IPL should look at this because it’s not that you build a team, give chances to young players, groom them and get them opportunities from franchises, play for the country and then you lose them after three years,” Jindal had said after players’ retention was announced November 30.
IPL 2022 Mega Auction: BCCI informs franchises, ‘IPL auction on February 12, 13 in Bengaluru’ – Follow Live Updates
