2017 IPL player auction postponed

The IPL player auction has been pushed back following the Supreme Court's decision to dismantle the BCCI hierarchy. The SC relieved president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke from their respective positions earlier this year, but the IPL is high on the list of priorities of the four-member committee of administrators. 

"The Committee of Administrators (COA) met the concerned BCCI officials today to take stock of the urgent and important matters mainly concerning the successful conduct of IPL 2017. The COA has issued directions that the existing processes for availing the services and the appointment of the vendors for IPL will continue for this season," the BCCI said in a press release.

"The COA further assures the franchisees and all the stakeholders that all the IPL preparations will be promptly dealt with under the supervision and directions of the COA by the BCCI / IPL management team. The IPL operational timelines for 2017 season will be communicated shortly by the BCCI / IPL management team. The IPL 2017 season will commence as scheduled from 5th April 2017," the release further stated.

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While the franchise owners are not worried about the delay, they would like to have the final list of all the available players so that they can make plans for their teams. In the past, franchises were provided the full roster of players at least two weeks prior to the auction.before the auction took place. 

"If we get the roster we can start making a shortlist of players we are after as then we come to know their availability which is always a big determining factor on which players teams pick," an unnamed franchise CEO told ESPNcricinfo.

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