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IPL 2020: When, where to watch and all you need to know about the auction

Here's all you need to know about the IPL 2020 auction to be held in Kolkata on December 19.

 
 
  
 
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IPL 2020 auction will be held in Kolkata on December 19.   -  IPL

Will there be just one IPL auction this time?

Yes, the players’ auction for the next year's Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held on December 19 in Kolkata, and will be the only auction.

Why were there two IPL auctions in less than 12 months?

The auction usually takes place in January or February. The first auction in January 2018 saw franchises build their squads from scratch for the upcoming season.

The auction in December later that year was to allow team owners enough time, with the World Cup in England starting from May 30.

The auctions are traditionally held in Bengaluru, but the last time it was held in Jaipur and this year, the IPL governing council chose Kolkata, the city which is the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders franchise and the home turf of new BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.  

What about the purse?

While the franchises were allotted Rs 82 crore each for IPL 2019, Rs 85 crore per team has been earmarked for the 2020 season. Every franchise will also have an additional purse of Rs 3 crore in addition to the balance in their kitties from the last auction. Kings XI Punjab has the deepest pocket with Rs 42.70 crore, followed by Kolkata Knight Riders at Rs 35.65 crore and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rs 27.90 crore. This year s auction is the last one before the franchises disband and assemble fresh squads from 2021 at a mega auction.

Players in auction pool, slots available?

The auction will have 332 players in the auction pool, with 73 slots to be filled.

When will the auction begin?

At 3:30 pm IST.

Which channel will show the auction?

Star Sports

Who is the IPL auctioneer this time?

For more than a decade Richard Madley brought down the gavel as the IPL auctioneer. However, the BCCI replaced him with Hugh Edmeades last year.

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CAB protests: IPL 2020 auction to go ahead as scheduled

There have been reports of violence in West Bengal but Kolkata hasn’t been affected to a great extent.

 
  
 
The auctions for IPL 2020 will take place in Kolkata on December 2019.

The auctions for IPL 2020 will take place in Kolkata on December 2019.   

The protests over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) notwithstanding, the players’ auction for the Indian Premier League will go ahead in Kolkata as scheduled on Thursday.

There have been reports of violence in West Bengal but Kolkata hasn’t been affected to a great extent.

It is reliably learnt that Delhi Capitals’ management team that will be representing the franchise at the auction will be reaching Kolkata on Tuesday to start their final preparation.

“As of Monday evening, IPL auctions are on. Franchises will start arriving by tomorrow evening and Wednesday morning,” a senior BCCI official told PTI.

As many as 332 cricketers will go under the hammer at the IPL auction in Kolkata on December 19, with Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and South African Dale Steyn among those opting for the highest base price of Rs 2 crore.

This year’s auction is a small one with only 73 slots to be filled in by the eight franchises, out of which only 29 can be foreign buys.

The amended Citizenship law, which seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, has been met with strong protests across the north-eastern provinces, West Bengal, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kerala and Mumbai.

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