IPL 2017 Player Auction on February 20th

The player auction of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held on February 20th in Bengaluru, it was officially confirmed on Friday.

The venue of the cash-rich league was not much of a reason for contention as much as the date was not being confirmed by the BCCI and the IPL committee. The originally proposed date for the auction was February 4 with reports claiming the date could be between Feb 20 and Feb 25.

There were some reports earlier in the day which said the auction could be shifted from Bengaluru – which had been hosting the bidding affair for three straight years – to Mumbai. But those reports have been brushed off with the news.

BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (COA) have already announced finalised the dates for the tournament with the league starting on April 5 and the final on May 21.